Heredity – passing traits to offspring遗传特性对后代的遗传特性.pptxVIP

Heredity – passing traits to offspring Milton HS, GA How to produce offspring? Two major modes of reproduction Asexual reproduction Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction One parent making exact genetic copy of itself (offspring are clone of parent) Advantages: quick, no need for mate, both males and females can produce offspring Disadvantages: no genetic diversity in offspring Asexual reproduction Many organisms can do this – plants, fungi, protists, some animals, bacteria What type of eukaryotic cell division creates exact copies of cells? What type of prokaryotic cell division? mitosis b