Chapter 44 - Animal Reproduction
Be able to define or list the following:
 

Scorpionfly
 
Reproductive strategies of tiger beetles
 
Asexual reproduction: mechanism
 
Advantages / disadvantages of asexual reproduction
 
Sexual reproduction: mechanism
 
Advantages / disadvantages of sexual reproduction
 
Types of asexual reproduction
 
Budding
 
Fission / regeneration
 
Dioecious sexual reproduction
 
Monoecious sexual reproduction
 
Hermaphrodite
 
Honeybee sexual genetics
 
Parthenogenesis
 
Internal fertilization
 
Copulation
 
External fertilization
 
Amplexus
 
Male brooding
 
Sex determination
 
Male reproductive organs:

  • testes
  • epididymus
  • vas deferens
  • penis
Seminiferous tubules
 
Spermatogonia
 
Spermatozoa
 
Sertoli cells
 
Interstitial cells
 
Spermatogenesis
 
Sperm structures / functions:
  • head
  • acrosome
  • midpiece
  • tail
Hormonal regulation of sperm production (44.5)
 
Role of LH and FSH in males
 
Female reproductive organs:
  • Ovaries
  • Vagina
  • Uterus
  • Uterine arms
Oogenesis
 
Ovulation
 
Menstrual cycle
 
Corpus luteum
 
Endometrium
 
Acrosome reaction
 
Zona pellucida / radiata
 
Birth control methods (44.20)
 
Sexually transmitted diseases
 



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