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UNIT 1
MODULE 3: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Module, students should:

1. understand sexual and asexual reproduction in plants; and,

2. understand sexual reproduction in humans.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES EXPLANATORY NOTES SUGGESTED PRACTICAL
ACTIVITIES

1. Reproduction in Plants

Students should be able to:

1.1. describe the structure of Annotated diagrams
the anther and the required.
formation of pollen grains;

1.2. describe the structure of Annotated diagrams Make drawings of the
the ovule and the formation required. anther and embryo sac
of the embryo sac; from prepared slides.

1.3. explain the sequence of Annotated diagrams
events from pollination to required.
fertilization;

1.4. explain how cross- Non-synchronous
fertilization is promoted; maturation of stamens
(protogyny) and carpels
(protandry), separate
sexes (dioecy), insect
pollination, self-
incompatibility and
sterility.

1.5. discuss the genetic Self-fertilization and cross
consequences of sexual fertilization.
reproduction;

1.6. explain the significance of
double fertilization in the
embryo sac;

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