English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Explain the relationship between the type of reproduction and the genetic variation produced in offspring
Describe how sexual reproduction occurs in both animals and plants
Define the term clone and give an example from the plant kingdom
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Words and meanings to learn
sexual reproduction
where two gametes combine at fertilisation to produce a genetically different new individual
mitosis
a type of cell division where a cell reproduces itself by splitting to form two identical offspring
meiosis
a type of cell division where a cell divides twice to produce four genetically different gametes
gametes
sex cells, e.g. egg cells or sperm cells in animals
asexual reproduction
where organisms reproduce by mitosis to produce genetically identical offspring
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