When a cell divides, each daughter cell must receive its full complement of genetic material in the form of chromosomes containing DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid. A chromosome is made up of two long strands of DNA and several types of proteins . A DNA strand is composed of a long backbone of sugar and phosphate units . One of our different nucleotide bases -- A, T, C or G -- hang off each sugar unit. The sequence of the bases encodes genetic information. The three steps in the process of DNA replication are initiation, elongation and termination
<em>when two reproductive cells join together they simply cross over their chromatids exchanging characteristics so new individual has the characters of both mother and father...</em>
Segmented digestive system, appendages are animal characteristics.
Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or metozoa. Animals have several characteristics that set them apart from other living things. They are all eukaryotic and usually multicellular, which separates them from bacteria and most protists. Different animals differ in their own characteristics such as appendages, segmentation among other animal characteristics.
Answer:
It's a form of asexual reproduction!
Development of the offspring happens without fertilization in this type of reproduction.
The two main ways in which parthenogenesis happens is by apomixis or automixis. Through apomixis , the egg cells are produced by mitosis. Through In automixis, egg cells are produced by meiosis.
Mitosis = a part of cell cycle: replicated chromosomes are separated into 2 nuclei
Meiosis = type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. So now there is four haploid cells that are genetically distinct from their parent cell.
Example:
An example of an animal that can use this reproduction is a bonnethead shark! Once a shark had a baby in a tank that only had three females!
(read about that on wikipedia)
