gcse biology reproduction - sexual, asexual and cloning.

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  • reproduction
    • cloning
      • cloning is generally veiwed as unethical due to various reasons.
        • the of spring would not technically have parents which presents the question of as to who  its gaurdians   would be- also that it is unethical to produce a human as part of an experiment.
          • clones are known to suffer various genetic defaults such as malformation of limbs and organs.
        • the process of cloning.
          • the nucleus of an adult cell is removed along with the nucelus of a womans egg cells.
            • the nucleus of the adult cell (ie a skin cell) is placed into the egg. it is then given an electric shock to trigger cell dividision.
              • the embryo is then placed into a surogate and carried until the baby is born.
    • asexual reproduction
      • asexual reproduction involves a single parent cell replicated through the process of mitosis. the new cells are genetically identical to the parent cell.
        • asexual reprodution occurs in cells within organisms ie skin cells and prokaryotes such as bacteria and archea.
          • stages of asexual reproduction
            • interphase - cells carry out cell functions and replicate dna.
              • mitosis
                • prophase - chromtids become joined by a centromere to form a pair of sister chromotids (still classed as a chromosome)
                  • metaphase -the chromsomes line up along the middle of the cell the spindle fibres form from the centrioles and attach to the centromeres
                    • anaphase - the spindle fibres contract and split the pairs into single chromotids
        • advantages
          • faster rates or reproduction and no energy required to find a mate.
            • one organism can produce a colony
        • disadvantages
          • negative mutations can result in the extinction of populations due to disease
            • organism produced cannot adapt as easily to changing environments
              • it is difficult to control the size of the population
    • selective breeding
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  • interphase - cells carry out cell functions and replicate dna.
    • mitosis
      • prophase - chromtids become joined by a centromere to form a pair of sister chromotids (still classed as a chromosome)
        • metaphase -the chromsomes line up along the middle of the cell the spindle fibres form from the centrioles and attach to the centromeres
          • anaphase - the spindle fibres contract and split the pairs into single chromotids
  • telophase - two sperate nuclei begin to form around the seperate chromosomes
    • cytokinesis -the cell folds until the poles meet and the cytoplasm splits, forming  two daughter cell with identical organelles and genes

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