Reproduction is a key characteristic of living organisms that allows for the continuation of life across generations. It occurs through both asexual and sexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical, while sexual reproduction involves two parents and introduces genetic variation. Some common asexual reproduction methods include budding, regeneration, and parthenogenesis. Sexual reproduction results in offspring with a mix of genetic traits from both parents and helps to promote genetic diversity.

2. • Reproduction is one of the most characteristic
features of living organisms.
• Reproduction is a marvelous culmination of
individual transcendence.
• Individual organisms come and go, but, to a
certain extent, organisms "transcend" time through
reproducing offspring.
• Life would not exist on Earth if plants and
animals did not reproduce to make their
offspring.

4. • also called cloning
• only one parent is needed, resulting in offspring
that are genetically identical to the parent
• new individual may become an independent
animal or may remain attached to the parent,
forming a colony
• environments that are stable and experience
very little change are the best places for
organisms that reproduce asexually
• cloned offspring are more likely to
succeed in the same stable areas as
their parents

5. 1. animals that remain in one particular place and are
unable to look for mates would need to reproduce
asexually
2. numerous offspring can be produced without
"costing" the parent a great amount of energy or time
1. no genetic variability in offspring results
1. Budding
2. Regeneration
3. Parthenogenesis

7. • offspring develop as a growth on the body of the parent
• In some species, e.g., jellyfishes and many echinoderms,
the buds break away and take up an independent existence.
• In others, e.g., corals, the buds remain attached to the
parent and the process results in colonies of animals.
• Hydras exhibit this type of reproduction.
• a type of internal budding
• a parent releases a specialized
mass of cells that can develop into
an offspring
• Sponges exhibit this type
of reproduction

9. • when an animal that is capable of regeneration loses a
body part, it can grow a replacement part
• If the lost body part contains enough genetic information
from the parent, it can regenerate into an entirely new
organism
• Echinoderms are examples of animals that use
regeneration

11. • "virgin birth"
• requires the female organs of sexual reproduction
(gonads and reproductive tract) but no fertilization ever
occurs
• reproduction by parthenogenesis is more rapid that sexual
reproduction, and the use of this mode of asexual reproduction
permits the animals to quickly exploit the available resources
• occurs in some fishes, several kinds of insects, and a few
species of frogs and lizards
• micro-aquatic rotifers are normally reproduce by females
producing diploid eggs (genetic clones of themselves) which
develop into young individuals

13. • two individuals produce offspring that have genetic
characteristics from both parents
• Sexual reproduction introduces new gene
combinations in a population
• Both the events of meiosis and fertilization are
common to all sexual reproduction
1. External fertilization
2. Internal fertilization

15. • the eggs are fertilized outside of the body
• occurs mostly in wet environments and requires both the male
and the female to release their gametes into their surroundings
(usually water)
1. it results in the production of a large number
of offspring
2. environmental hazards such as
predators greatly reduce the chance of
surviving into adulthood

17. • the eggs are fertilized within the female reproductive tract
• internal fertilization requires copulatory organs
• the physical union between a male and a female’s
reproductive parts. It may or may not result in
successful fertilization.
• Animals that use internal fertilization specialize in the
protection of the developing egg