SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN ANIMALS

1) What are three differences in sexual and asexual reproduction?

2) Name two differences in sperm and egg production.

3) Why would an animal travel to a special breeding ground?

4) Animal A is iteroparous. Animal B is semelparous. Who will produce more offspring in their lifetime?

5) Why would a polyspermy block be more important in external fertilization?

6) Draw out the stages of embryo development.

7) What are the benefits of marsupial birth?

8) What might happen if a human found a bird egg, hatched it, and raised it?

9) If there were no recombination during meiosis, how would the gametes be different?

10) What is the benefit of a long peacock tail?