Topic: reproduction

reproduction capacity of all living systems to give rise to new systems similar to themselves. The term reproduction may refer to this power of self-duplication of a single cell or a multicellular animal or plant organism. In all cases reproduction consists of a basic pattern: the conversion by a parent organism of raw materials from the environment into offspring—or into cells that develop into offspring (see meiosis ; mitosis )—of a constitution similar or potentially similar to that of the parent. The reproductive process always includes the transmission of hereditary... Read more