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Sexual reproduction Notes, March 3, 2021
Sexual reproduction
two parents contribute genetic material
create genetically unique offspring
used by animals, plants, fungi, and protists
Vocabulary:
Egg - female sex cell (animals)
Sperm - male sex cell (animals)
made in testis
ovule in plants
fertilization - joining of egg an sperm
Zygote - fertilized egg
Meiosis - cell division process that makes sex cells
Diploid - body cells with pairs of chromosomes
Haploid - sex cells with random 1/2 of the chromosomes
Advantages of Sexual reproduction
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