Asexual Reproduction
A type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization
Budding
The process during which a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent
Cloning
A type of asexual reproduction performed in a laboratory that produces identical individuals from a cell or cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism
Fission
Cell division that forms two genetically identical cells
Regeneration
A type of asexual reproduction that occurs in animals when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent
Vegetative Reproduction
A form of asexual reproduction that occurs in plants in which an offspring grows from a part of a parent plant
Chromatin
The threadlike form of DNA found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells
Chromatid
The identical rods that make up a chromosome
Chromosome
A doubled rod of condensed chromatin
Cell Cycle
The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo
Mitosis
The stage during which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei
Haploid
A cell that has only one chromosome from each pair
Diploid
A cell that has pairs of chromosomes
Prokaryote
Any organism that lacks a distinct nucleus
Eukaryote
Any cell or organism whose cells possess a well defined nucleus
sexual reproduction
a type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing an offspring
*This type of reproduction creates genetic variation.
meiosis
cell division in which one diploid cell divides to make four haploid cells, which are sex cells
fertilization
a process in which sex cells (egg cell & sperm cell) join together to produce a new cell, called a zygote