4:1 COMPARE HOW SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION PASSES GENETIC INFORMATION FROM PARENT TO OFFSPRING.

GENETICS-STUDY OF HOW TRAITS ARE PASSED FROM PARENT TO CHILD

Cell Nucleus Chromosomes DNA

REPRODUCTION Asexual sexual

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION One parent Two identical

daughter cells If Parent cell has

genetic disease, the offspring daughter cell will have it as well as pass it to all future offspring.

EXAMPLES OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

REPRODUCTION Asexual One Parent Two identical daughters Same DNA Pass down disease Examples: Hydra,

Planaria, Plant cuttings, Bacteria, fungi

Sexual Two Parents

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EXAMPLES OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

INHERITED VS. ACQUIRED TRAITS Eye Color Hair Color Height

Artistic Good at Math Good at

Basketball

COLOR BLIND Red Green Colorblindness 1 in 10 men 1 in 230 women

STRUCTURAL INHERITED TRAITS