Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Life Cycle

Fertilization:
  • Male and female gametes (egg and sperm) combine to form a zygote. 
  • Gonads are organs that produce gametes (male: testes, female: ovaries)

Incubation
  • Embryos→ fetus→ infant
  • growth through cell division and differenciation

Growth
  • Cell division of somatic cells (non-sex cells).  

Reproduction
  • Puberty: parts of body begin to be able to make sex cells
  • Meiosis: make more gametes