Vocab.
a new organism that results from sexual or asexual reproduction
offspring
a asexual reproduction process where an unicellular organism (prokaryote) copies its DNA and duplicates into two identical living cells.
the process by which organisms generate a new individual of the same species
reproduction
a haploid reproductive cell unites with another haploid reproductive cell to form a zygote.
gametes
reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent
during sexual reproduction it is the process of the sperm cell joining the egg cell
fertilization
reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that share traits from both parents
sexual reproduction
a fertilized egg cell that now has a complete set of chromosomes from each the egg cell and sperm cell.
zygote
hybrid