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sexual repoduction
chapter 2-2
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Biology
6th Grade
11/08/2010

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sexual reproduction
Definition

reproduction by two parents

 

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sex cell
Definition
a type of a cell produced only by an organism that reproduces sexually
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meiosis
Definition
the peocess by which sex cells form
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fertilization
Definition
the joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell during sexual reproduction
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zygote
Definition
the first cell of an egg cell and a sperm cell and a sperm cell join
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 asexual reproduction
Definition
repeoduction by one parent
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mitosis
Definition
the process by which a cell produces two new identical nuclei
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cell divison

 

 

Definition
the dividing of a cell following mitosis
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what is the difference between meiosis and mitosis
Definition

meiosis is the process which sex cells are formed

mitosis is the process which two identical nuclei are formed

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sperm cell

 

Definition

male reproduction cell

 

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egg cell
Definition

female sex cell

 

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stamen
Definition
hard shell that holds the pollen[sperm cells]
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pistel
Definition
a tube in a plant that  holds egg cells
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