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    1) Animal reproduction typically involves a male and female gamete but some animals are hermaphroditic, having both male and female reproductive systems. 2) Asexual reproduction includes binary fission in single-celled organisms, fragmentation in starfish and flatworms, budding in yeast and jellyfish, and parthenogenesis in some ant and honeybee species. 3) Sexual reproduction provides genetic variation but requires a partner while asexual reproduction is faster but provides less genetic variation, making populations more vulnerable to disease.

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    1) Animal reproduction typically involves a male and female gamete but some animals are hermaphroditic, having both male and female reproductive systems. 2) Asexual reproduction includes binary fission in single-celled organisms, fragmentation in starfish and flatworms, budding in yeast and jellyfish, and parthenogenesis in some ant and honeybee species. 3) Sexual reproduction provides genetic variation but requires a partner while asexual reproduction is faster but provides less genetic variation, making populations more vulnerable to disease.

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    1) Animal reproduction typically involves a male and female gamete but some animals are hermaphroditic, having both male and female reproductive systems. 2) Asexual reproduction includes binary fission in single-celled organisms, fragmentation in starfish and flatworms, budding in yeast and jellyfish, and parthenogenesis in some ant and honeybee species. 3) Sexual reproduction provides genetic variation but requires a partner while asexual reproduction is faster but provides less genetic variation, making populations more vulnerable to disease.

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    ANIMAL REPRODUCTION

    In sexual reproduction, a male and female gamete is needed to produce the offsprings. In most
    instances, there is a male and female organism to produce the gametes but, this isn’t always the case.
    Finding a partner for sexual animals can sometimes prove difficult, and so, as an adaptive mechanism
    and evolutionary solution, some animals exhibit hermaphroditism. This is when the organism has both
    the male and female reproductive systems. This is common among sessile (stationary) animals. In
    hermaphroditism, the organism may or may not have a partner for fertilization to occur. Unlike, an asexual
    offspring, a sexual offspring is genetically unique from its parent organisms. Notice how there are two
    apparent sexes in sexual organisms, while there is no definite sex in the asexual organism.

    Types of Asexual Reproduction


    1. Binary Fission – occurs in single-celled organisms. It is when a parent cell divides itself into
    two equal parts and creates offspring. This type of reproduction is like cloning as shown in
    figure 3. To easily remember and understand the reproduction process of binary fission it is
    valuable to remember what the terms mean. The word binary means something having two
    parts (the new daughter bacteria) while the word fission means the movement of splitting (the
    dividing of two equal parts). Ex. Bacteria

    2. Fragmentation – occurs when an organism breaks a part of itself into a fragment, and the
    fragment develops into a new organism as shown in figure 4. Ex. Starfish & acoel flatworms
    3. Budding – happens when a parent organism grows a bud attached to its body. When the bud
    is developed it will detach itself from the parent and form a new organism. Ex. Yeast and
    Jellyfish

    4. Parthenogenesis – occurs when the embryo of an organism can grow and develop without
    fertilization. Ex. Some species of ants & Honeybees.

    Types Advantages Disadvantages


    Sexual - The population is less - Needs a partner to
    Reproduction likely to catch reproduce.
    diseases all at once. - Takes more time to
    - Has more chances of reproduce.
    survival
    - Has genetic variation.
    Asexual - Only one parent - Has fewer surviving
    Reproduction organism is needed chances due to the
    to reproduce. Faster lack of genetic
    - than sexual variation.
    reproduction. - Population is more
    likely to catch diseases
    at the same time.
    Identify Me!
    Directions: Identify the
    type of A B
    reproduction 1. A single organism that functions as both the male described in
    the and female in reproduction.
    organisms in column
    A. Write 2. An organism that requires both a male and a your
    answer in female to reproduce. column B.
    3. This organism breaks a part of itself to reproduce.

    4. A male and a female pig mate to reproduce piglets.

    5. This organism’s embryo does not need fertilization


    to develop into offspring.
    6. This organism divides itself into two equal parts to
    reproduce.
    7. An organism that grows buds to reproduce.

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