Types of Reproduction
This type of reproduction requires only one parent and results in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
In genetics, a dominant allele is always represented by this type of letter.
What is an uppercase letter?
True or False: All genetic mutations are harmful to an organism.
What is False?
This type of reproduction involves two parents combining their genetic material, resulting in unique offspring with genetic variation.
What is sexual reproduction?
This is the scientific term used to describe an organism that has two different alleles for a trait, such as Bb.
What is heterozygous?
This is a random change in the DNA, which can be beneficial, harmful, or neutral.
What is a mutation?
If a hydra reproduces by growing a miniature version of itself on its side that eventually breaks off, it is using this specific type of asexual reproduction.
What is budding?
If you cross a homozygous dominant plant (TT) with a homozygous recessive plant (tt), this is the percentage of offspring that will be tall.
What is 100% (all offspring will be Tt)?
A mutation in a wild animal that allows it to blend into its snowy environment better than the other animals is classified as this type of mutation.
What is beneficial?
Sea stars and certain plants can regrow an entire new organism from a broken-off piece of their parent body. Name this specific type of asexual reproduction.
What is fragmentation or regeneration?
This term refers to the actual genetic CODE of an organism (like Bb or BB)?
What is a genotype?
The name of the process in which humans determine the traits that an organism will have.
What is artificial selection?
A single-celled amoeba reproduces by splitting all of its genetic code and itself in half. The name for this type of asexual reproduction.
What is binary fission?
Two parents are heterozygous for brown eyes (Bb). If they have an offspring, this is the percentage that the child will inherit blue eyes (the recessive trait, bb).
What is 25%?
This modern biotechnology tool allows scientists to precisely cut and edit specific pieces of an organism's DNA.
What is CRISPR?