CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the differences between the two methods of reproduction. Learners will identify types of asexual reproduction and recognize how plants and animals sexually...
PBS
How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs. Meiosis
This site provides both illustrations and text to compare and contrast the stages of mitosis with meiosis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.9 Seed Dispersal
Learn how plants disperse their seeds for successful reproduction.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.23 Meiosis
Understand the process of meiosis to produce two sex cells, or gametes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.22 Reproduction
Explore the different ways that animals and plants reproduce.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Meiosis
This site from Wikipedia the encyclopedia is a concise site that is technical in nature but links are provided for clarification. Includes a comparison between meiosis and mitosis.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Flowering Plant Reproduction
Discusses asexual and sexual reproduction in flowering plants, the parts of a flower, how pollination takes place, fertilization, and seed development.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: How Do Bacteria Reproduce
Bacteria mainly reproduce asexually but some also use sexual reproduction. Two forms of asexual reproduction in bacteria are described - binary fission and budding, as well as sexual reproduction.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
Describes what happens during sexual and asexual reproduction and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Reproduction in Algae
Algae are not uniform in their methods of reproduction. Some reproduce sexually and others asexually. Read a brief overview of algae reproduction in this resource.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Platyhelminthes Reproduction
Describes the characteristics of Platyhelminthes, or flatworms, and how they reproduce.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Paramecium Reproduction
Describes the characteristics of paramecium and how they reproduce both sexually and asexually.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Diatoms Reproduction
Diatoms are a type of algae that reproduces both sexually and asexually. Its characteristics and methods of reproduction are described here.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Facts About Daphnia (Water Fleas)
Describes the physical characteristics of Daphnia, their importance as a food source for freshwater fish, their diet, life cycle, and methods of reproduction. Offers tips for how to start and maintain a colony of Daphnia that can be used...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Meaning of Gametic Isolation
Gametic isolation is a form of reproductive isolation that prevents successful breeding between two different species. The mechanism is explained here and examples are provided.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Difference Between Monoecious and Dioecious Organisms
Monoecious refers to organisms having both male and female characteristics in a single individual, i.e., a hermaphrodite, while dioecious organisms have separated genders. The two terms are compared for their similarities an differences...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Gametophyte and Sporophyte
This resource explains how the alternation of generations occurs in a plant's life cycle where sporophytes and gametophytes each play a role in plant reproduction.
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Biology Wise: Facts About Green Algae
Describes the characteristics of green algae and presents a list of facts about them.