Sexual Versus Asexual

Reproduction

Mr. Rica Aurora B. Lomocso

SHS Science Teacher
 Reproduction
is the production of offspring, or new
individuals, through a sexual or asexual
process to make sure a species can
continue.
 Asexual Reproduction
 Involves only one parent producing identical
offspring with the exact same genetic material.
Types of Asexual
Reproduction
 Binary fission
 Regeneration

 Budding
 Spores
 Binary Fission
When the parent divides into two new
identical cells

Amoeba
 Regeneration
 The ability of Planaria
an organism
to regenerate
injured parts
into new
individuals
 Budding
 A cell grows from Hydra

the body of a parent

cell similar to the
way a bud forms on
a tree branch. The
new cell breaks
away and lives on
its own.
 Spore Formation
 Fungi most often
reproduce by making
spores. Lightweight
spores are surrounded
by a protective
covering and can be
easily carried
through air or water
to new places.
 Activity 1:
Type of asexual reproduction:
PARTHENOGENESIS BINARY FISSION FRAGMENTATION
TRANSVERSE FISSION BUDDING

Descriptions:

A. The organism split into two separate organisms.

B. A new individual grows on the body of its parent.
C. Multiple pieces of the parent break off and develop into a
new organism.
D. The organism divides into two, leaving one piece headless
and the other tailless each piece grows the missing body parts.
E. Female eggs develop into a new organism without being
fertilized by a sperm cell.
 Sexual Reproduction

Requires Two Sex Cells

 Egg and Sperm
 Egg and sperm combine
to form new organism
 New organism is
genetically different from
the parents
 Sexual Reproduction

Types of Sexual Reproduction

 Oviparous animals
lay their eggs, with
little or no other
embryonic
development within
the parent.
 Sexual Reproduction

Types of Sexual Reproduction

 Viviparous animals
bring forth live
young that have
developed inside
the body of the
parent.
 Sexual Reproduction
Oviparous vs. Viviparous
 Sexual Reproduction
Oviparous vs. Viviparous
 Remember!
 Offspring from sexual reproduction
results in organisms that are genetically
different from the parents.
 Offspringfrom asexual reproduction
are genetically identical to the parent.
Activity 2: Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Directions. Classify the following animals as viviparous or oviparous..
 Mendel’s Principle
Gregor Mendel worked on pea
plants, but his principles apply
to traits in plants and animals –
they can explain how we inherit
our eye color, hair color and
even tongue-rolling ability.
 Mendel’s principles of inheritance

1. Fundamental theory of heredity

 Inheritance involves the passing of discrete units of inheritance, or genes,
from parents to offspring.

2. Principle of segregation
 During reproduction, the inherited factors (now called alleles) that determine
traits are separated into reproductive cells by a process called meiosis and
randomly reunite during fertilization.

3. Principle of independent assortment

 Genes located on different chromosomes will be inherited independently of
each other.