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Chapter 46 Study Guide
Vocab:
Parthenogenesis
Estrogen
Corpus Luteum
External Fertilization
Testosterone
Acrosome
Internal Fertilization
Follicular Phase
Progesterone
Luteal Phase
Objectives:
1. Explain how asexual reproduction may be advantageous for a population of organisms
living in a stable, favorable environment.
2. Explain the advantages of sexual reproduction.
3. Describe the three mechanisms which increase the probability of successful fertilization that
are found in organisms which use external fertilization.
4. List and describe the various methods of parental care by animals.
5. Using a diagram, identify and give the function of each component of the reproductive
system in males and females.
6. Discuss the hormonal control of reproduction in male mammals.
7. Discuss the hormonal control of reproduction in female mammals.
8. Explain how the menstrual cycle and ovarian cycle are synchronized in female mammals.
9. Describe the hormonal control of pregnancy. Explain the possible mechanisms which
prevent the mother’s immune system from rejecting the developing embryo.
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