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Name: Sexual Reproduction
ID: m44470
Language: English (en)
Summary: By the end of this section, you will be able to:
  • Explain that meiosis and sexual reproduction are evolved traits
  • Identify variation among offspring as a potential evolutionary advantage to sexual reproduction
  • Describe the three different life-cycle types among sexual multicellular organisms and their commonalities
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: alternation of generations, diploid dominant, diploid zygote, gametophyte, germ cell, haploid dominant, lifecycle, meiosis, red queen hypothesis, sexual lifecycle, sexual reproduction, sporophyte
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), Cnx Biology (ryan.s.stickney@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Aug 23, 2012 11:10 am -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 9, 2013 11:48 am -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.5 Apr 9, 2013 11:48 am -0500 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
replaced "multiple choice" with "review questions"
Version: 1.4 Mar 8, 2013 3:25 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
fixed summary
Version: 1.3 Feb 28, 2013 4:18 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
fix fixed links
Version: 1.2 Jan 29, 2013 2:46 pm -0600 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
Migration spreadsheet changes
Version: 1.1 Aug 28, 2012 3:24 pm -0500 by Cnx Biology
Changes: 
Created module

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