BIOL 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Punnett Square, Mendelian Inheritance, Sexual Reproduction
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Genetics i benchmark (ch: 11/14: how is asexual reproduction different from sexual reproduction? (278) Asexual reproduction is similar to mitosis and sexual reproduction is similar to meiosis. Asexual reproduction produces genetically identical cells as the parent cell where as sexual reproduction produces cells that are different from the parent cell and helps the cells evolve: describe two advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction. (275) Sexual reproduction allows for genetic variability you look like your parent but are not identical to your parent. It also prevents you from doubling the number of chromosomes. It also improves the species ability to evolve: what was the prevailing belief about how traits were inherited before mendel"s work was rediscovered in the early 1900s. (263) The belief that all tall plants will produce tall offspring or that all short plants will produce short offspring: describe the difference between dominant and recessive alleles. (265)
