11 Answered Questions for the topic reproduction
Maternal mortality in marsupials
I really have no idea where to ask this and my Google skills are apparently not up to the task. I would like to ask what the maternal mortality rates of marsupial animals are? I suspect they are...
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08/06/19
Location of embryo development in angiosperms?
What floral organ does the development of the embryos of angiosperms occurs in? Is it the ovary? The pollen tube grows down through the style and double fertilization occurs and the embryo begins...
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Reproduction Botany
07/29/19
(A)sexual reproduction of plants?
Are all plants capable of sexual reproduction? Some can do asexual reproduction as well but I haven't found any plants that aren't capable of sexual reproduction. Is it correct to say all plants...
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Reproduction Botany
07/13/19
Why do flowers naturally reproduce with their own species?
I have always wondered why flowers reproduce with the same species naturally. Why can't the pollen grains get to a different species flower through via the wind, water, or insects?
Plants that are siblings: How does this impact pollination?
A friend has two cherry bushes (prunus tomentosa). Prunus tomentosa is said to be partially self-fertile, but benefits from cross-pollination.
The two cherry bushes set fruit, and so my friend...
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Do changes in an organism's cell modify the genetic information it uses for reproduction?
What I'm actually interested about is whether a modification in one cell during the life of an **asexually** reproducing organism affects its genetic information? Which cell's genetic information...
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05/24/19
Do combined oral contraceptives cause weight gain?
I started Lo Loestrin Fe ([a combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive pill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill)) about 4 months ago. The first month on it, I got...
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Reproduction Genetics
05/14/19
Could a sperm be altered to contain a female's genetics?
Currently (to my knowledge), for a female same-sex couple to conceive a child and for both women to be involved, one would donate an egg, the other actually gives birth, and the sperm is donated by...
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04/29/19
Do combined oral contraceptives cause weight gain?
I started Lo Loestrin Fe (a combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive pill) about 4 months ago. The first month on it, I got my period. The second month, I did not. The third month I got it....
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03/17/19
Cells of umbilical cord - mom's or son's?
Let's say we have a mother giving a birth to a son. In a very clear manner the cells of these two individuals are very different, of course. Yet there is an umbilical cord connecting them. Then...
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