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What is sexual reproduction?
Reproduction involving the combination of haploid gametes to form a diploid zygote
Where is sexual reproduction most common?
Multicellular eukaryotes
What type of organisms do not undergo sexual reproduction?
Prokaryotes
Which organisms can undergo sexual reproduction?
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What is the result of sexual reproduction?
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Sexual reproduction involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote with two sets of chromosomes.
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Sexual reproduction is typical in animals, but the number of chromosome sets and how that number changes in sexual reproduction varies among plants, fungi, and other eukaryotes.
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Sexual reproduction is the most common life cycle in unicellular eukaryotes.
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Sexual reproduction occurs in prokaryotes, such as bacteria and archaea.
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Bacterial conjugation, transformation, and transduction are considered analogous to sexual reproduction in bacteria.
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Sexual reproduction involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote with two sets of chromosomes
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Sexual reproduction is typical in animals, but not in plants, fungi, and other eukaryotes
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Sexual reproduction is the most common life cycle in unicellular eukaryotes
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Bacterial conjugation, transformation, and transduction are considered analogous to sexual reproduction in prokaryotes
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Sexual reproduction can occur in bacteria and archaea
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