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| Types of Sexual Reproduction |
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| Sexual reproduction is of 2 types. |
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 Syngamy |
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 Conjugation |
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| Syngamy |
| It is the complete and permanent fusion of 2 haploid gametes to form a diploid zygote. |
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| When the 2 fusing gametes are morphologically and physiologically similar to each other, the process is called isogamy. |
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| Example: Monocystis |
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| When the 2 organisms themselves acts as gametes it is called hologamy. |
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| Example: Yeast |
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| It is a temporary pairing of 2 parents to exchange male and female gametes, through a temporary cytoplasmic bridge. |
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| Example: Ciliate protozoans like paramoecium. |
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