Across
- 4. the male gamete in flowering plants
- 6. a type of cell division in which daughter cells end up with half the chromosomes of the parent cell
- 10. a haploid male or female reproductive cell that forms a zygote
- 11. reproduction that involves only one parent and results in offspring that is genetically identical to the parent
- 13. having two complete sets of chromosomes
Down
- 1. a threadlike strand in the nucleus of a cell that contains genetic information
- 2. _______ strategy is any behavior, structure, or function that helps the organisms reproduce or protect offspring
- 3. a type of cell division in which daughter cells end up with the same number and type of chromosomes as the parent cell
- 5. a unit of hereditary characteristics that are passed from parent to offspring
- 7. a diploid cell that forms when two haploid gamete cells come together
- 8. a cell that contains half of the total number of chromosomes
- 9. a type of reproduction in which there are two parents and the offspring is genetically different from each parent
- 12. _______ fission is a type of asexual reproduction found in bacteria, other prokaryotes, and a few eukaryotes