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1. Sexual
2. Asexual
Sexual Reproduction
Angiosperms
- “flowering plants”
- largest group of plants in the world
- found in all types of climates
- produce flowers for reproduction
Gumamela flower
MALE GAMETOPHYTES:
Gametophytes – are gamete-producing generations of flowering plants.
Gametes – sex cells
Pollen grains (microgametophyte) – are the male gametophyte of angiosperms
A single mature pollen grain consists of two cells:
1. tube cell
2. generative cell
carpel – female reproductive organ
Gamete Production
FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE:
Embryo sac (megagametophyte) – the female gametophyte, forms in each ovule found in a
flower’s ovary.
Embryo sac contains the ff. cells:
1. egg,
2. synergid cells
3. antipodals
4. polar nuclei
Endosperm – food supply for the developing embryo.
Zygote – fertilized egg
Double fertilization:
In humans:
1. Oviparous animals – are those that lay eggs. Ex. birds, insects, reptiles
2. Viviparous animals – are those that give birth to live young. Ex. dogs,
whales, cats,
3. Ovoviviparous animals – are those that produce eggs that remain within
the mother’s body and hatched withing the body;
they give birth to live young. Ex. some species of
sharks, snakes, amphibians and other invertebrates.
Viviparous
Ovoviviparous
Ovoviviparous animals
internally brood and hatch eggs
release live young
examples: live-bearing snakes (boas, pythons, etc.), some sharks and rays
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
A form of reproduction in which new individuals are
produced from a single parent without the formation of
gametes.
Forms of Asexual Reproduction
1. vegetative propagation
2. tissue culture
Vegetative Propagation
Is a type of asexual reproduction that uses specialized structures (stems, roots, leaves)