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wht are advantages of asexual reproduction
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Asexual- Isolated animals can produce offspring, large numbers of offspring in a short time, continues a successful species precisely.
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what are advantages of sexual reproduction
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Sexual- May enhance reproductive success of parents when environmental factors change, large number of gene combinations, survival of the fittest.
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what is it when the body breaks into several pieces, lost body parts regenerate
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fragmentation
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what is it called when an egg develops that does not get fertilized, haploid offspring produce eggs without meiosis and the next generation may undergo sexual reproduction
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parthogenisis
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what is the menstraul cycle
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Menstrual- in humans, endometrial lining is shed out of the cervix if pregnancy doesn’t occur.
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–The build up and shedding of endometrial lining is regulated by hormones produced in the
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corpus luteum- estrogen and progesterone, hyothalumus and anterior pititary.
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what is the estrous cycle
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Estrous cycle- the lining is reabsorbed if pregnancy doesn’t occur, more pronounced behavioral changes during ovulation, receptive to sex only during, cycle affected by the seasons and climate.
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where dos fertilization usully ocur in humans
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oviduct
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