Reproduction

Overview

• Explain the mechanisms of reproduction that ensure the continuity of a species, by analysing sexual and asexual methods of reproduction in a variety of organisms, including but not limited to:
  • Animals: advantages of external and internal fertilisation
  • Plants: asexual and sexual reproduction
  • Fungi: budding, spores
  • Bacteria: binary fission
  • Protists: binary fission, budding
• Analyse the features of fertilisation, implantation and hormonal control of pregnancy and birth in mammals
• Evaluate the impact of scientific knowledge on the manipulation of plant and animal reproduction in agriculture