BiologyCode 5090
Asexual and sexual reproduction
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Describe asexual reproduction as a process in which one parent gives rise to offspring that are genetically identical to that parent
- Identify cases where organisms reproduce asexually
- Describe sexual reproduction as a process in which haploid nuclei merge, through fusion (fertilisation), to create a diploid zygote, and which yields offspring that differ genetically
- Discuss, for sexual and for asexual reproduction, the advantages and disadvantages of each