Sexual reproduction is the process whereby two parents produce offspring genetically different from themselves that have new combinations of the parents' characteristics. This contrasts with asexual reproduction, where one parent produces offspring...

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental process in plants that involves the production of egg and sperm followed by their fusion to form a zygote, which then divides and eventually develops into a new plant. Sexual reproduction in flowering plants...

Sexual reproduction is the creation of new individuals resulting from the joining of the nuclei of two separate sex cells. The separate sex cells are gametes; the sperm and egg. Fertilization is the union of the two gametes, and the fertilized cell...

Sexual reproduction is the process through which two parents produce offspring that are genetically different from themselves and have new combinations of their characteristics. During sexual reproduction, each parent contributes one haploid gamete (a...

Sexual reproduction is a union that results in increasing genetic diversity of the offspring. It is characterized by two processes: meiosis, involving the halving of the number of chromosomes; and fertilization, involving the fusion of two gametes and...

Sexuality ami procreation in western societies have become more and more dissociated. Whereas in traditional Christian normative beliefs sexuality only existed in service of procreation it is estimated that approximately 95% of all human sexual encounters take place because of hedonistic motives while reproductive...

In the debate about the content of and approaches to sex education, one view seems to be almost a given: that parents have the primary responsibility for teaching their daughters and sons about appropriate, safe sexual behavior. But can it be accepted as...