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Higher organisms have resorted to sexual reproduction in spite of its complexity. Why?

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PSEB-REPRODUCTION IN ORGANISMS-Exercise
  1. Differentiate asexual and sexual reproduction.

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  2. What is vegetative propagation ? Name various types of vegetative prop...

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  3. Define: Juvenile phase.

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  4. Define: Reproductive phase.

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  5. Define: Senescent phase.

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  6. Higher organisms have resorted to sexual reproduction in spite of its ...

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  7. Explain why meiosis and gametogenesis are always interlinked?

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  8. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  9. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  10. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  11. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  12. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  13. Identify each part in a flowering plant and write whether it is haploi...

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  14. Define external fertilisation. Mention its disadvantages.

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  15. Differentiate between a zoospore and a zygote.

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  16. Differentiate between gametogenesis and embryogenesis.

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  17. Discribe the post-fertilisation changes in a flower.

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  18. What is a bisexual flower? Collect five bisexual flowers from your nei...

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  19. Examine a few flowers of any cucurbit plant and try to identify the st...

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  20. Why are offspring of oviparous animals at a greater risk as compared t...

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