AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sexual reproduction is the production of offspring through the combination of specialized sex cells. These sex cells (also called gametes) contain only a half-copy of an individual organism’s genetic material.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – “offspring” – are produced from their “parent” or parents. Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -In asexual reproduction, one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring. Sea turtles are an example of an animal that reproduces sexually, a volvox (green algae) is an example of an organism that reproduces asexually, and a brittle star can reproduce in either way.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sexual reproduction involves two parents and produces offspring that are genetically unique. During sexual reproduction, two haploid gametes join in the process of fertilization to produce a diploid zygote. Meiosis is the type of cell division that produces gametes.