Which form of reproduction is related to mitosis? Why?

Which form of reproduction is related to meiosis? Why?

The rod like structures within a cell which contain the DNA.

Humans have 46 chromosomes in each cell. ◦ Bats-44◦ Potatoes-48◦ Camels-70◦ Flies-8

A cell divides into two identical cells. Each daughter cell or offspring has the

same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

Occurs in single celled organisms and all normal cells in the body.

Asexual Reproduction!

Cell division which makes gametes. One cell splits into four cells, each with half

the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. ◦ Human sperm and egg cells have 23

chromosomes.

Daughter cells have different DNA than the one parent cell.

Only sexually reproducing organisms go through meiosis.

Artificial asexual reproduction. A body cell is taken from an organism and

the nucleus is removed. The nucleus is transplanted into an egg cell

of the same organism. When the egg develops, it is a genetic clone

of the original organism.

DNA cloning-only a small portion of an organisms DNA is copied and “pasted” into another organism. The new DNA begins to replicate.

Reproductive cloning-making an exact copy of an organism.◦ Sheep, pigs, cows, cats and rabbits.

Embryo cloning-cloning the human embryo to harvest and study stem cells.