Written assignment unit 3

University of the people

Biol 1122- Biology 2 for Health Studies Major

Instructor: Rita Mourya

Date: 1 Dec 2022

 Comparison between sexual and asexual reproduction

Sexual Asexual

One parent cell required Two parents required

Gametes are required since the cell divides by mitosis Gametes required half from each parent
to form identical cells

Less time is required since there is no need to look for More time taken
the

It is mostly found in single cell organisms such as It is found in multicellular organisms

prokaryotes

Two or more organisms are produced Normally one or two organisms formed

It requires a short time to take place Much time is required to complete sexual reproduction

There is little chance for genetic variation There is a high chance of genetic variation in new
offspring

The evolutionary advantages of sexual reproduction is that they create genetic variety which is useful in
adapting to constantly changing and challenging environment whereas the evolutionary advantages of
an organism to produce by a sexual reproduction is that, during favourable conditions, the organism will
reproduce a great number of individuals at a shorter period of time.( PBS n.d)

Reproductive cycle of a fungi

Asexual reproduction

Fungi reproduce asexually by fragmentation, budding, or by spore. Spores are formed mitotically by one
parent and genetically identical to that parent. These spores may be released from the parent Thalia
either outside or within a special reproductive sac called a sporangium.

Sexual reproduction

During sexual reproduction, two mating types are produced. When both mating types are present in the
same mycelium, it is called homothallic, or self fertile. Heterothallic mycelia require two different, but
compatible, mycelia to reproduce sexually. Three stages take place Plasmogamy, dikaryotic and
karyogamy (Rye et al; 2016).
References
PBS (n.d) the advantages of sexual evolution

https://www.pbs.org/the advantage of sexual reproduction.

Rye, C; wise, R; Jurukivski, V; DeSaix, J; Choi, J; & Avissar, Y. (2016). Biology. Openstax

https://openstax.org/books/pages/1-introduction.