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PCAT Biology Reproduction
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1. After ovulation - LH induces the ruptured follicle to develop into the corpus luteum
oviduct
Tubers
Sperm Travels...
Luteal Phase
2. Immature ova -all that a female will produce during her lifetime are already in her ovaries at birth
Menstruation
Rhizomes
Primary Oocytes
Meristem Cells
3. Produced when each meiotic division -rapidly degenerate
Polar Body
Sexual Reproduction Requires
Chromatin
Metaphase (Interphase)
4. Union of gametes
Metaphase Plate (Interphase)
Oocyte Cell Membrane
Fertilization/Conjugation
Secondary Oocyte
5. Releases spores form the undersides of its leaves that develop into small heart-shaped gametophytes
Gametophyte Generation
Sexual Reproductive Mechanisms
Fertilization
Sporophyte
6. Similar to mitosis in that a cell duplicates its chromosomes before undergoing the process -whereas mitosis preserves the diploid number of the cell - meiosis produces the haploid (1N) number - having the number of chromosomes
Meisosis vs. Mitosis
Flower
Secondary Spermatocytes
Mitosis
7. AKA ovanan or fallopian tube -opens into the upper end of the uterus
oviduct
Primary Spermatocytes
Disjunction
Ovulation
8. Division and distribution of the cell's DNA to its two daughter cells such that each cell receives a complete copy of the original genome
Ferns
Partenogenesis
Cell Plate
Mitosis
9. Replication of the nucleus followed by unequal cytokinesis -membrane pinches inward to forma new cell that is smaller in size but genetically identical to the parent cell
Cambium
Anther
Budding
Menstrual Cycle
10. The process by which gametes are produced -involves two divisions of primary sex cells resulting in four haploid cells called gametes
Mosses
Ovaries
Meiosis
Acrosome
11. Daughter cells of unequal size produced from one primary oocyte per month completes meiosis I -expelled from the follicle during ovulation
Secondary Oocyte
Anaphase I
Embryo
Spermatids
12. Tail of sperm -propels the sperm - whereas mitochondria in the neck and body provide energy the locomotion
Mature sperm
Monozygotic (identical) Twins
Flagellum
Prophase (Interphase)
13. Meristems provide a source of cells that can develop into an adult plant -can occur naturally or through human intervention -advantagous because it introduces no genetic variation and is a rapid form of reproduction
Vegetative Propagation
Single Mature Egg
Corpus Luteum
Flower
14. Found in the abdominal cavity - below the digestive system -consist of thousands of follicles
Menses
Zona Pellucida
Ovaries
Gametophyte Generation
15. AKA stolon -woody - underground stems -can develop new upright stems
Ferns
Crossing Over
Head of Sperm
Rhizomes
16. Homologous pairs (tetrads) align at the equatorial plane - and each pair attaches to a separate spindle fiber by its kinetochore
Metaphase I
Acrosomal Process
Telophase I
Mitosis
17. Found in the tips of roots and stems where growth in length occurs
Rhizomes
Cytokinesis (Interphase)
Cellular Division (Unicellular Organisms)
Apical Meristem
18. Specialized cells with hard coverings that prevent loss of water
Follicle
Spores
Fertilization
Angiosperms
19. The development of an unfertilized egg into an adult organism
Dicots
Partenogenesis
Fertilization
Cortical Reaction
20. Pass from the testes through the vas deferens to the ejaculatory duct and then to the urethra
Flower
Internal Fertilization
Sexual Reproduction Requires
Sperm Travels...
21. Undifferentiated tissues in plants
Budding
Interphase (Meiosis)
Meristems
Secondary Oocyte
22. 1) G1: Initiates interphase. is described as the active growth phase and can vary in length. the cell increases in size and synthesizes proteins. the length of the G1 phase determines the length of the entire cell cycle 2) S: the period of DNA synthe
Telophase I
Spore Formation
Four Parts of Interphase
Fertilization
23. Result when two ova are released in one ovarian cycle and are fertilized by two different sperm
External Fertilization
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Telophase I
Dizygotic (Fraternal) Twins
24. Sporophyte generation is the dominant - familiar form
Spermatogenesis
Corpus Luteum
Ferns
Cervix
25. The site of sperm deposition during intercourse and is also the passageway through which a baby is expelled during childbirth
Vaginal Canal
Spermatozoa
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
Metaphase (Interphase)
26. Inner layer of oocyte cell membrane
Regeneration
Disjunction
Zona Pellucida
Flower
27. Large cell containing most of the cytoplasm - RNA - organelles - and nutrients needed by a developing embryo
Mature Ovum
Seed Coat
Menstruation
Spore Formation
28. Four haploid cells produced from the second meiotic division after secondary spermatocytes
Menses
Cytokinesis
Meiosis
Spermatids
29. Lower - narrow end of the uterus -connects with the vaginal canal
Cervix
Scrotum
Acrosome
Cytokinesis (Interphase)
30. Haploid gametophyte gneration produces gametes by mitosis -gametophytes reproduce sexually - whereas the sporophyte gneration reproduces asexually
Gametophyte Generation
Luteal Phase
Fertilization/Conjugation
Gonads
31. Spore formation - vegetative propagation - and Artificial Vegetative Propagation
Cytokinesis
Cytokinesis (Interphase)
Oocyte Cell Membrane
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
32. Result when a single zygote splits into two embryos
Sexual Reproductive Mechanisms
Partenogenesis
Sexual Reproduction Requires
Monozygotic (identical) Twins
33. Underground stems with bubs - like the eyes of potatoes - that can develop into adult plants
Tubers
Natural Vegatative Propagation
Monocots
Apical Meristem
34. The male organ of the flower and consists of a thin - stalk-like filament
Cellular Division (Unicellular Organisms)
Stamen
Fertilization
Crossing Over
35. Expanding partition that grows outward from the interior of the cell until it reaches the cell membrane
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
Cell Plate
hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin)
Prophase I
36. Diploid cells that undergo meiosis to produce four haploid sperm of equal size
Fertilization
Ovaries
Bulbs
Spermatogonia
37. Passes through the penis and opens to the outside at its tip
Anther
Urethra
Metaphase (Interphase)
Mosses
38. Production of functional sex cells by adult organisms -fertilization forms a zygote -development of the zygote into another adult - completing the cycle
Follicular phase
Metaphase Plate (Interphase)
Sexual Reproduction Requires
Acrosomal Process
39. Have two cotyledons that absorb the endosperm
Dicots
Cambium
Hypocotyl
Tubers
40. Muscular chamber which is the site of fetal development
Spermatids
Secondary Oocyte
Uterus
Natural Vegatative Propagation
41. The process by which a cell doubles its organelles and cytoplasm - replicates its DNA - and then divides into two
Interphase
Mosses
Cell Division
epicotyl
42. As in mitosis - the parent cell's chromosomes are replicated in the 2N number of sister chromatids
Secondary Oocyte
Interphase (Meiosis)
Ovaries
Prophase I
43. The production of female gametes -occurs in the ovarian follicles
Fertilization membrane
Oogenesis
Sexual Reproductive Mechanisms
Testosterone
44. (In Anaphase I) homologous pairs separate and are pulled to opposite poles of the cell -accounts for a fundamental Mendelian Law -each chromosome of paternal origin separates (or disjoins) from its homologue of maternal origin - and either chromosome
Monozygotic (identical) Twins
Disjunction
Urethra
Budding
45. Produces two intermediate daughter cells with N chromosomes with sister chromatids
Cytokinesis
First Meiotic Division
External Fertilization
Spermatogonia
46. Triggered by acrosomal reaction causing calcium ions to be released into the cytoplasm
Angiosperms
Partenogenesis
Dicots
Cortical Reaction
47. Uncoiled DNA
Angiosperms
Menses
Mitosis
Chromatin
48. Production of offspring without fertilization -form new organisms by a single parent cell -offspring are genetic carbon copies of their parent cells -genetically identical to the parent cells (except mutations) -ex: fission - budding - regeneration -
Testes
Asexual Reproduction
Spermatogenesis
Tubers
49. The spindle apparatus disappears. A nuclear membrane forms around each set of newly formed chromosomes. Thus - each nucleus contains the same number of chromosomes (the diploid number 2n) as the original or parent nucleus. The chromosomes uncoil - re
Four Parts of Interphase
Telophase (Interphase)
Apical Meristem
Mature sperm
50. Comlex process involving the formation and fertilization of gametes and regulation of these processes by bot parents
Sperm Travels...
Corpus Luteum
Metaphase Plate (Interphase)
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
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