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| Reproduction that does not involve the fusion of haploid gametes. (a single animal produces offspring, usually through repeated mitotic cell divisions in some part of its body) |
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| A form of reproduction in which genetic material from two parent organisms is combined in the offspring; usually, two haploid gametes fuse to form a dolpoid zigote. |
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| An organ where reproductice cells are formed; in males, the testes, and in females, the ovaries. |
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| Asexual reproduction by the growth of miniature copy, or bud, of the adult animal on the body of the parent. The bud breaks off to begin independent existence. (a bud grows directly on the body of the adult and when it has grown large enough, the bud breaks off and becomes independent.) |
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The ability to regrow lost body parts.
The regrowth of a body part after loss or damage; also, asexual reproduction by means of the regrowth of an entire body of a fragment. |
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| Asexual reproduction by dividing the body into two smaller, complete organisms. |
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| Egg cells develop into viable offspring without being fertilized. |
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| In animals, the gonad of females. (Where eggs are produced and stored in females) |
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| The haploid female gamete, usually large and nonmotile; contains food reservers for the developing embryo. |
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| An offspring in its early stages of development before birth or hatching . |
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| The male gonad which produces small, motile haploid sperm. |
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| The haploid male gamete, normally small, motile, and containing little cytoplasm. |
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The union of sperm and egg (the fusion of male and female haploid gametes, forming a zygote)
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| In sexual reproduction, a dilpoid cell (the fertilized egg) formed by the fusion of two haploid gametes. |
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| An organism that possesses both male and female sexual organs. Some hermaphroditic animals can fertilize themselves; others must exchange sex cells with a mate. |
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