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PCAT Biology Reproduction
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1. Cut piece of stem can develop new roots in water or moist gorund - which can be used to accelerate root formation -layering: stems of certain plants - will take root when bent to the gorund and covered with soil -stem of one plant (scion) can be atta
Artificial Vegetative Propagation
Luteal Phase
Primary Spermatocytes
Scrotum
2. Thin and stalk like with a terminal sac called the anther
Budding
Filament
Gametes
Mosses
3. Comlex process involving the formation and fertilization of gametes and regulation of these processes by bot parents
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Primary Spermatocytes
Tubers
Secondary Spermatocytes
4. Found in the abdominal cavity - below the digestive system -consist of thousands of follicles
Asexual Reproduction
Chromatin
Spermatids
Ovaries
5. Tail of sperm -propels the sperm - whereas mitochondria in the neck and body provide energy the locomotion
Filament
Partenogenesis
Angiosperms
Flagellum
6. Consists almost entirely of the nucleus - which contains the paternal genome
Head of Sperm
Interphase
Cellular Division (Multicellular Organisms)
Anther
7. Undergoes disjunction
Sexual Reproductive Mechanisms
Spermatids
Menstruation
Anaphase I
8. Sperm production -occurs in the seminiferous tubules
Cortical Reaction
hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin)
Cambium
Spermatogenesis
9. Bulbs - tubers - runners - rhizomes
Partenogenesis
Follicular phase
Natural Vegatative Propagation
hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin)
10. The production of female gametes - occurs in the ovaries
Fertilization/Conjugation
Corpus Luteum
Oogenesis
Cervix
11. Immature ova -all that a female will produce during her lifetime are already in her ovaries at birth
Primary Oocytes
Mature sperm
Sporophyte Generation
Oocyte Cell Membrane
12. Can be fertilized during the 12-24hr after ovulation -occurs in the lateral - widest portion of the fallopian tube -sperm must travel through the vaginal canal - cervix - uterus - and into the fallopian tubes to reach the ovum
Testes
First Meiotic Division
Prophase (Interphase)
Fertilization
13. Fibers of the spindle apparatus attach to each chromatid at the centromere to align the chromosomes at the center of the cell (equator)
Menstrual Cycle
Embryo
Regeneration
Metaphase Plate (Interphase)
14. Part of embryo that develops into the lower and root
Hypocotyl
Estrogens
Plant vs. Animal cells
Uterus
15. (In Prophase I) chromatids of homologous chromosomes break at corresponding points and exchange equivalent pieces of DNA -occurs between homologous chromosomes and not between sister chromatids of the same chromosomes (the latter are identical - so c
Spermatozoa
Monocots
Uterus
Crossing Over
16. AKA stolon -woody - underground stems -can develop new upright stems
Rhizomes
Primary Spermatocytes
Ovulation
Meristem Cells
17. Plants exhibit alternation of generation in which a diploid generation is succeeded by a haploid generation -diploid saprophyte generation produces haploid spores - which develop into the haploid saprophyte generation
Anaphase I
Synapsis
Spore Formation
hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin)
18. Gametophyte is the dominant generation -smaller - short lived organism that depends on the gametophyte for energy and nutrients - sporophytes grow on top of the gametophytes and produce spores that develop into gametophytes
Cervix
Menstruation
Mosses
Estrogens
19. 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
Meristems
Prophase I
Budding
Cotyledons
20. Have one cotyledon
Monocots
Male Urethra
Mosses
Interphase (Meiosis)
21. Cell undergoes a period of growth and replication of genetic material before the initiation of mitosis -cell spends at least 90% of life in interphase -each chromosome is replicated so that during division - a complete copy of the genome can be distr
Follicle
Flower
Disjunction
Interphase
22. Daughter cells of unequal size produced from one primary oocyte per month completes meiosis I -expelled from the follicle during ovulation
Interphase (Meiosis)
Tetrad
Secondary Oocyte
Sporophyte
23. Produced when one diploid primary female sex cell undergoes meiosis in the ovaries
Dicots
Uterus
Meiosis
Single Mature Egg
24. Diploid cells that undergo meiosis to produce four haploid sperm of equal size
Spermatogonia
Meristem Cells
Cotyledons
Testes
25. (In Prophase I) process where homologous chromosomes (chromosomes that code for the same traits - one inherited form each parent) come together and intertwine
Fertilization
Metaphase I
Progesterone
Synapsis
26. AKA ovanan or fallopian tube -opens into the upper end of the uterus
Meiosis
Zona Pellucida
oviduct
Asexual Reproduction
27. The process by which a cell doubles its organelles and cytoplasm - replicates its DNA - and then divides into two
Cell Division
Sperm Travels...
Single Mature Egg
Cellular Division (Unicellular Organisms)
28. Passes through the penis and opens to the outside at its tip
Bulbs
Urethra
External Fertilization
Vaginal Canal
29. Have two cotyledons that absorb the endosperm
Meisosis vs. Mitosis
Dicots
Synapsis
Dizygotic (Fraternal) Twins
30. Result when two ova are released in one ovarian cycle and are fertilized by two different sperm
Disjunction
Angiosperms
Gametes
Dizygotic (Fraternal) Twins
31. Result when a single zygote splits into two embryos
Artificial Vegetative Propagation
Uterus
Sexual Reproductive Mechanisms
Monozygotic (identical) Twins
32. Lower - narrow end of the uterus -connects with the vaginal canal
Progesterone
Head of Sperm
Cervix
Anaphase (Interphase)
33. Pass from the testes through the vas deferens to the ejaculatory duct and then to the urethra
Sperm Travels...
Karyokinesis
Mosses
Gametes
34. Central region where - after replication - the chromosomes consist of two identical sister chromatids held together in interphase
Meristem Cells
Meiosis
Centromere
Cortical Reaction
35. After ovulation - LH induces the ruptured follicle to develop into the corpus luteum
Luteal Phase
Flagellum
Testes
Cellular Division (Multicellular Organisms)
36. Produced in developing placenta if fertilization occurs - maintaining the corpus luteum and - thus - the supply of estrogen and progesterone that maintains the uterus - until the placenta takes over production of these hormones
Cotyledons
hCG (human Chorionic Gonadotrophin)
Dicots
Asexual Reproduction
37. Secretes estrogen and progesterone
Asexual Reproduction
Bulbs
Seed Coat
Corpus Luteum
38. Common passageway for both the reproductive and exretory systems
Male Urethra
Single Mature Egg
Interphase
Meiosis
39. Part of embry that are seed leaves
Tetrad
Meristems
Cotyledons
Spermatogenesis
40. Split to form several bulbs
External Fertilization
Bulbs
Testes
epicotyl
41. Hormonal secretions of the ovaries - the hypothalamus - and the anterior pituitary play important roles in the female reproductive cycle -divided into the follicular phase - ovulation - the luteal phase - and menstruation
Menstrual Cycle
Follicular phase
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Mitosis
42. Formed due to cortical reaction -hard layer that surrounds the ovum cell membrane and prevents multiple fertilizations -Followed by the fusion of sperm nucleus and form a diploid zygote
Vaginal Canal
Polar Body
Fertilization membrane
Interphase
43. Begins with the cessation of the menstrual flow from the previous cycle -FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) from the anterior pituitary promotes the development of the follicle - which grows and begins secreting estrogen
Metaphase (Interphase)
Crossing Over
Internal Fertilization
Follicular phase
44. Specialized sex cells
Gametes
Menstrual Cycle
Sporophyte Generation
Telophase I
45. Undifferentiated tissues in plants
Angiosperms
Anaphase I
Meristems
Ferns
46. External pouch that maintains the testes' temperature at 2C-4C lower than body tmperature - a condition essential for sperm survival
oviduct
Scrotum
Follicle
Partenogenesis
47. The development of an unfertilized egg into an adult organism
epicotyl
Partenogenesis
Secondary Oocyte
Mature sperm
48. Underground stems with bubs - like the eyes of potatoes - that can develop into adult plants
Anaphase (Interphase)
Tubers
Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Artificial Vegetative Propagation
49. Regrowth of a lost or injured body part
Prophase (Interphase)
Regeneration
Oogenesis
Luteal Phase
50. Some species of plants have flowers that contain only stamens and other flowers that contain only pistils
Filament
Centromere
Sexual Reproduction in Angiosperms
Anaphase (Interphase)