Reproduction in Organisms

SYNOPSIS

• Reproduction is a biological process in which an organism produces young ones of its own kind.
  
  
• Types of Reproduction
  
  
• Types of Asexual Reproduction
  
  
• Gametogenesis is the process of formation of male and female gametes in the reproductive cells.
  
  
• Sexuality in Organisms
  
  

• Meiocytes are gamete-producing cells which undergo meiosis.

• Fertilisation or syngamy is the fusion of gametes to form a diploid zygote.

• Embryogenesis is the process of the development of the embryo from the zygote.

• Seed is the fertilised ovule.

• Fruit is a ripened ovary with pericarp and seeds.

• Parthenogenesis is the development of an egg into a complete individual without fertilisation.