Keywords

KEYWORDS

Reproduction: The process in which all living organisms produce offspring of their own type
Asexual Reproduction: Type of reproduction in which only single parent is involved and occurs due to cell division
Sexual Reproduction: Type of reproduction which begins from the fusion of male and female gametes.
Zygote: A cell which is formed due to fusion of sperm and ovum.
Fertilization: Process of fusion of male and female gametes.
External fertilization: Type of fertilization in which fusion occurs outside the body.
Internal fertilization: Type of fertilization in which fusion occurs inside the body.
Foetus: The stage of the embryo in which all the body parts can be identified.
Embryo: Structure formed due to multiple division of cells in zygote.
Implantation: Attachment of embryo to the uterine wall for development into foetus.
Viviparous: Animals who can give birth to young ones and feed them through their breast.
Oviparous: Animals who lays eggs.
Metamorphosis: Process by which larva transforms into adult through sequential changes.
Cloning: Production of an exact copy of a cell, or any other living part, or a complete organism by using some living cells of an organism.
Budding: Type of asexual reproduction in which new individuals are produced from the buds.
Binary fission: Type of asexual reproduction in which new individual is produced due to cell division of mother cell.