Occurs in simple animals like insects or some lizards. An unfertilized egg grows into a new individual and will contain the identical genetics of the female that laid the egg.
Parthenogenesis - aphids
7
Stamen
3
Stigma
6
filament
4
Pistil
10
Sepal
receives the pollen
stigma
An animal grows back a lost body part, but sometimes stem cells can grow back an entirely new organism
Regeneration - planaria
A very short stem with fleshy leaves that store food underground over the winter. New plants will grow from side buds or “bulblets”
Bulb - Garlic
tube that connects the stigma with the ovary
style
holds the anther
filament
2
Ovules
Part of a plant that grows into an entirely new plant, like a leaf, stem or root (not a flower)
Vegetative Propagation - Succulents
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anthers
Cells WITHOUT a nucleus will split in half
Binary fission - Bacteria
Root-like stems that grow horizontally underground and new buds grow upwards off of them
Rhizome - Banana Tree
Underground stem where buds can grow from. Contains “food” for the new bud.
Tuber - Potato
female reproductive organ
ovary
outgrowth of a part of a cell or body region, leading to a separation from the original organism into two individuals
Budding - Hydra
Contains pollen (the male reproductive cells)
anther
1
Petals
the reproductive cells which will become the seed when fertilized by pollen
ovules
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