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| Any form of reproduction, such as budding, that does not involve the fusion of gametes. |
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| Development of an individual from an egg that did not undergo fertilization. |
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| Two individuals produce haploid gametes (egg and sperm) that combine to form a diploid cell. |
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| Having male and female reproductive organs on separate plants. |
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| Having male and female reproductive organs separated in different floral structures on the same plant. |
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| Organism possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes. |
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| Simultaneous Hermaphrodite |
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| An individual organism that possess both male and female sex organs at the same time in its life cycle (animal only). |
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| An individual organism that changes sex at some time in its life cycle. |
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| Pattern of mating between individuals in a population. |
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| In animals, mating and maintenance of a pair bond with only one member of the opposite sex at a time. |
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| Member of one sex mates with more than one member of the opposite sex, and the relationship terminates after mating. |
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| Acquisition by an individual of two or more mates, none of which is mated to other individuals. |
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| Selection by one sex for an individual of the other sex based on some specific characteristic(s); usually takes place through courtship behavior. |
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| An organism’s lifetime pattern of growth, development, and reproduction. |
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| If organisms use energy for one function such as growth, the amount of energy available for other functions is reduced; leads to trade-offs between functions such as number and size of offspring. |
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