Reproduction in Lower Life Forms

Duration: 15 min

Genre: Reproduction, Evolution

Creator: Science of Life

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Silent

Description: Cell division in paramecium and spirogyra, hibernation as spore awaiting favorable conditions. Conjugation—true sexual reproduction, formation of zygote. Primitive, one-celled hydra. Reproduction by budding, also by expulsing of sperm cells to fuse with egg cells. In higher forms (plants), the flower is reproductive organ. Stygma, filament, ovary, fertilization, seed formation, reproduction.

Metadata Source:Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942