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**1. What are the advantages + disadvantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction?**

//**Advantages of asexual reproduction: **//

- It can reproduce quickly, because the organism does not need to find a mate. - Less energy is used during this reproduction. -Less can go wrong during the process

//**Disadvantages of asexual reproduction: **//

- It does not produce variation. - The offspring is identical to the parents, so the disease and bad qualities passes down directly. -All the offsprings live extremely close to each other, so they need to compete for resources.

//**Advantages of sexual reproduction: **//

- There is variation into offspring. - The offsprings are formed with mixed gametes, so there is less chance to receive the parent's diseases and bad qualities.

//**Disadvantages of sexual reproduction: **//

- The process takes a long time, because it needs a special process to bring together gametes, etc. - It requires long term-energy during this process.

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<span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(^snapshot from:) http://www.biotopics.co.uk/genes1/asexual_and_sexual_reproduction.html Richard Steane (site author) Another great link: http://scienceray.com/biology/human-biology/asexual-and-sexual-reproduction/ Nivu Whatani

<span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thanks to Nivu Whatani, and Richard Steane.

<span style="color: #b93cf6; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**2. Name 3 organisms that reproduce sexually and 3 that reproduce asexually.**

**//<span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sexually: //** <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Humans <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Dogs <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Cats

**//<span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Asexually: //** <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Amoeba <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Bacteria <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">- Aphids (it’s a type of an insect, in the spring, it reproduces asexually, however in the autumn, aphids reproduce using sexual reproduction.)


 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Identical || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The same/ or similar. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:blgal919.JPG width="310" height="176"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Variation || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The difference between individuals of the same species. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:genetic_variation.gif width="320" height="216"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Cell Division || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The process which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:mitosismeiosis.jpg width="338" height="238"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sexual Reproduction || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reproduction involving both a male and female gamete. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:life.jpg width="284" height="197"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Asexual Reproduction || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 25px;">Reproduction (as cell division, spore formation, fission, or budding) without union of individuals or gametes (no mate needed). || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:yeast.gif width="300" height="348"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mitosis || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus es into two new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:19501W.jpg width="280" height="192"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Meiosis || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The process that occurs in the formation of sex cells (sperm and egg) by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half. || <span style="color: #f631aa; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[[image:meiosis.jpg width="193" height="282"]] ||