BIOL150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Meiosis, Egg Cell, Komodo Dragon
20 Jul 2016
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Tuesday, october 7, 2014 8:26 pm life history: the organism"s lifetime pattern of growth, development and reproduction. Asexual: rapid pop growth low genetic variability respond more uniformly to a changing environment good in harsh climates. 9. 2 modes of sexual reproduction: sexual organisms are. Unisexual or hermaphroditic unisexual: separate male and female individuals. plants are called dioecious such as ash trees. hermaphroditic: have both male and female reproductive organs. Plants: bisexual: both female and male organs self fertilization can occur stamesn and carpels. Perfect : monoecious: separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Imperfect simultaneous hermaphrodites: male organ of one individual mates with the female organ of another sequential hermaphrodites: undergo a sex change as individuals grow larger typically male to female can be due to altered pop sex ratio. Many plants go back and forth between female and male. female is more costly because of the flowers and their fruits. so often won"t be female in successive years.
