1. Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

2. What’s so great about asexual reproduction?
Are you kidding me?
Nothing!!

3. What is asexual reproduction?
Reproduction through mitosis
Mitosis creates identical daughter cells
So offspring will be genetically identical to parents.
For prokaryotic cells like bacteria—the only way they reproduce. But other organisms can reproduce asexually as well.

4. Advantages of asexual reproduction
Don’t have to look for a mate
Can reproduce really fast
Allows an organism to have lots of offspring if the environment is stable

5. What’s so great about sexual reproduction?
Are you kidding me?
Everything!!
Yeah, yeah but besides that…

6. What is sexual reproduction?
Reproduction involving the production of gametes—eggs and sperm—so that genetic material of two parent organisms are combined

7. The reason sex is so great is…
It creates genetic diversity!
Variation among organisms allows a species to better adapt to changing environments

8. Hey, I can’t really reach these leaves!
Yum, I can!

9. How does meiosis lead to genetic variation?

10. 1. Independent Assortment
AaBb
AB Ab aB ab

12. 2. Crossing over
Homologous chromosomes exchange DNA

15. 3. Fertilization
Random combination of genetic material from two genetically different parents in a unique way