Table of Contents Date ActivityPage 11/18/15Asexual Reproduction63

Today’s Focus What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?

When an organism reproduces it makes another organism of the same _____________. Some organisms reproduce ____________. Cows make more cows and pigs make more pigs. Sexual reproduction combines genes from a mother and a father, making a genetically ____________________ organism. species sexually unique

Other organisms reproduce asexually. In asexual reproduction, all the genes come from a ____________ parent. Asexually produced offspring are genetically __________ to the parent. single identical

There are many methods of asexual reproduction. In some one-celled organisms, ____________________ is a method of asexual reproduction. Bacteria cells reproduce through cell division. The cell makes a copy of its ______, then sends the copy into a new bacteria cell. cell-division DNA

Another method of asexual reproduction is budding. Unicellular yeast cells grow new cells off of the _______ of another. When the cell is developed, it calls off and a new __________ cell is produced. side yeast

Budding Process in which a small new organism grows directly out from the parent’s body.

Some organisms produce offspring by splitting into pieces. A sea anemone can split down the middle resulting in the production of another individual _____________ to the original. Some worms if split will continue to live as ______ identical worms. identical two

Both sexual and asexual reproduction produce ___________. However, asexual reproduction makes genetically _____________ offspring and sexual reproduction makes ________________ offspring. offspring Identical unique

Identical Twins Are Clones