Reproduction

reproduction
production of offspring
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Asexual reproduction is the formation of new individuals from the cell(s) of a single parent.
It is very common in plants; less so in animals.
Asexual Reproduction in Plants ...
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Reproduction
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Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e.g. photocopying and the making of replicas.
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Reproduction in which a cell doubles its contents and then divides into two identical cells.
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Reproduction in plants
Main article: Plant sexuality
In flowering plants, a stamen produces gametes called pollen grains, which attach to a pistil, in which the female gametes (ovules) are located.
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Many plants also have an asexual method of reproduction. Often some species, such as many orchids, are more frequently propagated vegetatively than via seeds. Tubers are fleshy underground stems, as in the Irish potato.
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Sexual reproduction requires two parents and thus promotes genetic variation.
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Reproduction without intervention of sexual organs.
Related Terms: Reproduction
Continuation of species or breed, sexually or through cell rupture, cell division, budding, spore formation, conjugation or parthenogenesis.
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Reproduction
Drosophila melanogaster egg
"The female fruit fly lays batches of between 15 and 20 white eggs each day.
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reproduction -- The manufacture of offspring as part of an organism's life cycle. This is not the same as dispersal. Reproduction may be sexual, involving the fusion of gametes, or asexual.
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"Reproduction was once one of the most private and personal of human
activities and amid the revolution we are undergoing in biotechnology, it
has become anything but. This is a realm of artificial insemination, ...
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: Reproduction in which mate selection is not random but is based on physical, cultural, or religious grounds (see
negative and positive assortative mating
).
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sexual reproduction
A type of reproduction in which two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combinations of genes inherited from the gametes of the two parents.
sexual selection ...
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During reproduction a chromosome may break into two pieces or two chromosomes may be joined together. A section may be moved from one part of the chromosome to another or may be flipped in orientation (inverted).
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sexual reproduction Reproduction involving fusion of gametes.
sexual selection Selection in relation to mating.
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Sexual reproduction. The process where two cells (gametes) fuse to form one hybrid, fertilized cell. See Asexual reproduction, Gamete, Hybrid.
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Asexual reproduction in bacteria and plants allows scientists to obtain genetically identical populations; this does not occur naturally in vertebrates, except in twins.
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Asexual reproduction. Reproduction of the individual without the production of gametes and zygotes
Assimilation efficiency. The fraction of ingested food that is absorbed and used in metabolism ...
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fission - asexual reproduction in which the parent organism divides into two or more parts, each developing into genetically identical individuals.
flask cells - see bottle cells ...
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(See RNA.) Asexual reproduction. Nonsexual means of reproduction which can include grafting and budding. Autosome. A chromosome that is not involved in sex de- termination. B beta-DNA.
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haplo- single haploid Having a single set of genetic information; describing a cell with one chromosome of each type; used in reproduction to prevent polyploidy.
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Asexual - a type of reproduction that does not require the union of female and male gametes
Biogenesis - the concept that all life arises from living matter
Cell - the smallest unit of life that carries out its own processes ...
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Environment: the totality of physical, chemical, and biotic conditions surrounding an organism Environmental resistance: those factors of the environment which prevent reproduction or inhibit development of a species and hence limit the extent (or ...
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Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, and evolution of plant life.
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cell cycle: many repetitions of cellular growth and reproduction; divided into interphase and mitosis.
cell-mediated immunity: the process in which the T lymphocytes interact with the microorganisms cell-to-cell and destroy them.
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Conjugation a type of sexual reproduction in which the contents of the male gamete cell go over into and unite with the female cell
(con = with together; juga = a yoke; -tion = process of action of) ...
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Defective phage
A phage that lacks one or more functions that are required for reproduction.
Defined medium
A bacterial growth medium in which all the components are known. Typically only includes the minimal growth requirements.
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Dormancy: A recurring period in the life cycle of an organism when growth, development, and reproduction are suppressed.
Ecology: The study of an organism's interrelationship with its environment.
Economic threshold: see Action threshold.
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Definition: Haploid reproductive cells that unite during sexual reproduction to form a diploid zygote. Male gametes are sperm and female gametes are eggs.
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annual. A plant that normally completes its life cycle of seed germination, vegetative growth, reproduction, and death in a single year.
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In the evolutionary sense, some heritable feature of an individual's phenotype that improves its chances of survival and reproduction in the existing environment.
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[L. fero - to bear]. The formation of a single-celled zygote through the union of male and female gametes that occurs in sexual reproduction.
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