ASU BIO 101 - Shaffer - Exam 3 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

ASU BIO 101 - Shaffer - Exam 3 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Asexual Reproduction - - Type of reproduction where the offspring arise from a single organism and inherit genes of that parent only. - This is the primary form of reproduction for the Archea and bacteria. Lateral Gene Transfer - Movement of a genetic material between unicellular and/or multicellular organisms. Muller's Ratchet - The weeding out of deleterious alleles via sexual reproduction. Oocyte - A meiotic product, very large cell Polar Bodies - Smaller, left over cells Red Queen Hypothesis - In evolution, organisms must constantly evolve so that they don't fall prey to natural selection or other organisms that are also evolving. Sexual Reproduction - - Form of reproduction where two morphologically distinct types of specialized reproductive cells called gametes fuse together, involving a female's large ovum (or egg) and a male's smaller sperm. - They are created by a specialized type of cell division, which only occurs in eukaryotic cells, known as meiosis.