Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Mitosis & Meiosis

Program of Studies

SC-7-UD-S-1 – Students will describe and compare sexual and asexual reproduction, including advantages and disadvantages of each.

SC-7-UD-S-4 – Students will research variations within species that result from sexual reproduction.

Core Content

SC-07-3.4.2 – Students will describe and compare sexual and asexual reproduction.

Reproduction is a characteristic of all living systems and is essential to the continuation of every species as evidenced through observable patterns. A distinction should be made between organisms that reproduce asexually and those that reproduce sexually. In species that reproduce sexually, including humans and plants, male and female sex cells carrying genetic information unite to begin the development of a new individual.
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