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52 Cards in this Set
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Clones
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Genetically identical cells or individuals
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Asexual Reproduction
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Budding
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A form of asexual reproduction in fungi, plants, and animals. It is when a bud (or protrusion), forms on an organism and eventually breaks off to form a new organism that is small than its parent
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Fragmentation
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A form of asexual reproduction in which new individuals arise asexually of one organism into pieces, each of which develops into into a new individual
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Parthenogenesis
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A form of asexual reproduction in which the female produces eggs that are not fertilized by males by divide by mitosis and develop into new individuals
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Sexual Reproduction
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A form of reproducing in which organisms reproduce by combining a complete set of genetic information from two individuals to make a new genetically unique individuals
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Two basic biological process that are the core of sexual reproduction.
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Meiosis and Fertilization
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Meiosis
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A form of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes
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Fertilization
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Involves the fusion of specialized cells to restore the original chromosomal content
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Gametes/Spores
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The result ....
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Sperm/Spermatozoa
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The male gamete
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Egg/Ova
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The female gamete
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Zygote
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The result of fertilization, the fusion of the two gametes.
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Embryo
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An early stage of multicellular development.
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Twofold Cost of Sex
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External Fertilization
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Internal Fertilization
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Fertilization that occurs inside the body of the female
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R-Strategists
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K-Strategists
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Yolk
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A substance in eggs of animals with external fertilization that that provides all the nutrients that the developing embryo needs until it hatches
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Oviparity
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(Literally means egg birth) Method of giving birth used by fish and amphibians, reptiles, birds and most insects. Certain mammals (monotremes) use this method as well. It is the laying of eggs
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Viviparity
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Live Birth
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Amnion
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A membrane surrounding a fluid-filled cavity that allows the embryo to develop in a watery environment
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Allantois
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A second membrane that encloses the space where metabolic wastes collect
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Chorion
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A third membrane that surrounds the entire embryo along with its yolk and allantoic sac
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Extra-embryonic Membranes
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Sheets of cells that extend out of the developing embryo (i.e. yolk sac, amnion, allantois, and chorion)
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Placenta
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An organ that allows nutrients to be obtained directly from the mother. It is a fusion of chorion and allantois
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Gonads/Testes
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Place where the male gametes are produces
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Acrosome
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Flagellum
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A tail like structure (found on sperm) that moves the cell by a whipping motions powered by the sperm's mitochondria
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Scrotum
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A sac that contains the testes
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Seminiferous Tubules
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A series of tubes within the testes where sperm is produced
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Epididymis
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The sperm travel here _____ from the seminiferous tubules to become motile
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Vas Deferens
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A long muscular tube that follows a a circuitous path, starting off in the scrotum, passing into the abdominal cavity, running along the bladder, and then collecting with the ejaculatory duct
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Ejaculatory Duct
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Uretha
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Located just below the bladder....
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Semen
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The fluid that nuroushes and sustains sperm as they travel in the male and then female tracts
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Prostate Glands
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Located just beneath the bladder...
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Seminal Vesicles
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Bulbourethral Glands
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Located beneath the prostate gland and produces a clear fluid that lubricates the urethra for passage of sperm
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Penis
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The male copulatory organ
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Glans Penis
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An organ consisting of a head and a shaft
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Oocytes
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Developing female gametes
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Ovaries
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Fallopian Tube/Oviduct
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Uterus
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The Womb
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Cervix
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Name given to the end of the uterus
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Vagina
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The birth canal
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Vulva
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The external genitalia of the female
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Labia major
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Labia Minor
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Clitoris
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Female homolog of the glans penis
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