Exercise #7

Reproduction in Animals

Results

I. Draw the observations under the microscope

Asexual reproduction

A Budding Hydra
Paramecium undergoing fission

Sporulation in Plasmodium vivax

Sexual Reproduction

Conjugating Paramecia

ll. Answer the ff. questions

1. How is budding in hydra similar to budding in plants?

Budding in hydra occurs initially as a bud growing at the side of the “mother”. The bud
breaks off to become a new individual Hydra. While budding in plants is a form of
vegetative reproduction. It occurs naturally.

2. Is the fission in paramecium transverse or longitudinal? Why? How many new

individuals are formed after the process? Can this be compared to mitosis?

 Is the fission in paramecium transverse or longitudinal? Why?

transverse fission since the cytokinesis occurs in the transverse axis to

the longitudinal axis of the organism.
  How many new individuals are formed after the process?

two organisms

 Can this be compared to mitosis?

Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction which single-celled organisms,
usually prokaryotes, use to create a copy of themselves. Another term for the
process is cellular cloning. Mitosis is cell division that results in two identical
daughter cells and is primarily used for growth of an organism.

3. Of the three types of sexual reproduction mentioned, which is more likely to result in
faster and more cell production? Why?
Fission because if it is a binary fission, it reproduces two cells at the same time.
However, if it is a multiple fission, it reproduces a group or multiple cells at the same
time. Resulting to faster reproduction of cells and hence, a faster process.

4. Which is more complex—the asexual or sexual type of reproduction? Why?

Sexual reproduction is more complex because in asexual reproduction, it involves one

parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to each other and to the
parent. It is also a reproduction that occurs without any interaction between two
different members of a species. Cells divide using mitosis, in which each chromosome is
copied before the nucleus divides, with each new cell receiving identical genetic
information. Meanwhile, sexual reproduction involves two parents and produces
offspring that are genetically unique, it requires a male and a female of the same
species to contribute to share genetic material. Special cells called gametes are
produced through meiosis, which halves the number of chromosomes in each resulting
cell. These cells are called haploid gametes. Fertilization occurs when two gametes –
one from a male and one from a female – combine, producing a diploid zygote with its
own individual genetic makeup.