Question

What is the term for the series of life stages and events that a sexually reproducing organism goes through?

Answer 1

life cycle

Sexual reproduction occurs in a cycle. Diploid parents produce haploid gametes that unite and develop into diploid adults, which repeat the cycle. This series of life stages and events that a sexually reproducing organism goes through is called its life cycle . Sexually reproducing organisms can have different types of life cycles. Three are represented in Figure below and described following sections.