Reproduction Continues

Biology SSS 1 First Term

WEEK 12

Reproduction Continues

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

1. Define the term growth and its basis
2. Gives some parameters involve in growth

Content

Reproduction is the ability of living organisms to give rise to new individuals of the same species. The purpose of reproduction is to ensure the continuity of life.

Reproduction in Amoeba

Amoeba reproduces by common asexual reproduction called binary fission. After replicating its genetic material through mitotic division, the cell divides into two equal-sized daughter cells. The genetic material is also equally partitioned; therefore the daughter cells are genetically identical to each other and the parent cell. In this process, the nucleus of the Amoeba first divides to form two daughter…