Genetics is the study of heredity.
Organisms resemble their parents because they inherit their genetic material from their parents.
Genetic material is contained in the DNA in cells.
2 Types of Reproduction: Asexual & Sexual
Asexual Reproduction only one parent; genes are identical; offspring & parent are identical
Parent Genes Offspring Genes
Examples of Asexual Reproduction: hydra budding, bacteria cells dividing, cloning
Amoeba and Paramecium
Yeast Budding
Bacteria
Cutting
Budding in Hydra
Planaria
Regeneration
Artificial Cloning
Plants
Sexual Reproduction: new organism results from the combination of genetic material from two parents
Sexual Reproduction: Offspring will look like the parents but NOT identical
Examples of Sexual Reproduction: All Animals, Some Plants, Fungi, & Some Protists
Look similar to parents
Flowers