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Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction. What’s so great about asexual reproduction?. Are you kidding me? Nothing!!. What is asexual reproduction?. Reproduction through mitosis Mitosis creates identical daughter cells So offspring will be genetically identical to parents.

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Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

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  1. Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

  2. What’s so great about asexual reproduction? Are you kidding me? Nothing!!

  3. What is asexual reproduction? • Reproduction through mitosis Mitosis creates identical daughter cells So offspring will be genetically identical to parents. For prokaryotic cells like bacteria—the only way they reproduce. But other organisms can reproduce asexually as well.

  4. Advantages of asexual reproduction • Don’t have to look for a mate • Can reproduce really fast • Allows an organism to have lots of offspring if the environment is stable

  5. What’s so great about sexual reproduction? Are you kidding me? Everything!! Yeah, yeah but besides that…

  6. What is sexual reproduction? • Reproduction involving the production of gametes—eggs and sperm—so that genetic material of two parent organisms are combined

  7. The reason sex is so great is… • It creates genetic diversity! Variation among organisms allows a species to better adapt to changing environments

  8. Hey, I can’t really reach these leaves! Yum, I can!

  9. How does meiosis lead to genetic variation?

  10. 1. Independent Assortment AaBb AB Ab aB ab

  11. 2. Crossing over Homologous chromosomes exchange DNA

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