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Reproduction, Asexual Summary
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Asexual reproduction is a method of reproduction that does not involve meiosis or the union of gametes. As a result, the segregation and recombination of genetic material that are a normal part of sexual reproduction do not occur, and offspring are...
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Reproduction, Asexual Summary
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Although sexual reproduction is more frequent, asexual reproduction also commonly occurs in the plant kingdom. The technical term for asexual reproduction in plants is apomixis, derived from apo meaning "without," and mixis meaning...
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Asexual Reproduction Summary
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Sexual reproduction involves the production of new cells by the fusion of sex cells (sperm and ova) to produce a genetically different cell. Asexual reproduction, on the other hand, is the production of new cells by simple division of the parent cell...
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Asexual reproduction Information
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Asexual reproduction is a form of reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. Asexual reproduction only takes one parent. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which refers to reproduction without the fusion of...


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Shark bite leads to reproduction mystery
6/25/2007: 938 words, approx. 3 pages
Veterinarian Bob George sliced open the dead shark and saw the outline of a fish. No surprise there, since sharks digest their food slowly. Then George realized he wasn't looking at the stomach of the blacktip reef shark, but at her uterus. In it was...
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Study: Female sharks fertilize own eggs
5/23/2007: 502 words, approx. 2 pages
Female sharks can fertilize their own eggs and give birth without sperm from males, according to a new study of the asexual reproduction of a hammerhead in a U.S. zoo.The joint Northern Ireland-U.S. research, being published Wednesday in the Royal Society's peer-reviewed Biology Letter journal,...
 


 

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