Asexual reproduction is different from sexual reproduction in

Involvement of a single parent

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Absence of mitosis

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Having a slower method of multiplication

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Introduction of variation in population

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The correct option is A Involvement of a single parent
Asexual reproduction is uniparental. It often involves mitosis. It is much faster than sexual reproduction. It introduces variation in the population, but much less than sexual reproduction does.

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Identify the incorrect statement.
(a) In asexual reproduction, the offspring produced are morphologically and genetically identical to the parent.
(b) Zoospores are sexual reproductive structures.
(c) In asexual reproduction, a single parent prodices offspring with or without the formation of gametes.
(d) Conidica are asexual structure in Penicillium.

Q. Asexual reproduction involves only a single parent.

Q. Read the following statements about asexual reproduction and select the correct ones.

(i) It involves a single parent.
(ii) It is slower than sexual reproduction.
(iii) It produces progeny that are genetically identical with the parent but not with one another.
(iv) The progeny of asexual reproduction can be termed as clones.

Offspring formed by sexual reproduction exhibit more variation than those formed by asexual reproduction because
(a) Sexual reproduction is a lengthy process
(b) Gametes of parents have qualitatively different genetic composition
(c) The genetic material comes from parents of two different species
(d) Greater amounts of DNA is involved in sexual reproduction

Complete the following chart.

	Asexual reproduction		Sexual reproduction
1.	Reproduction that occurs with the help of somatic cells is called asexual reproduction.	1.	----------------------
2.	-------------------------------------------------------	2.	Male and female parent are necessary for sexual reproduction.
3.	This reproduction occurs with the help of mitosis only.	3.	----------------------------------
4.	----------------------------------------------	4.	New individual formed by this method is genetically different from parents.
5.	Asexual reproduction occurs in different individuals by various methods like binary 5 fission, multiple fission, budding, fragmentation, regeneration, vegetative propagation, spore production, etc.	5.	--------------------------------------

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Asexual reproduction is different from sexual reproduction in

The correct option is A Involvement of a single parentAsexual reproduction is uniparental. It often involves mitosis. It is much faster than sexual reproduction. It introduces variation in the population, but much less than sexual reproduction does.

The correct option is A Involvement of a single parent
Asexual reproduction is uniparental. It often involves mitosis. It is much faster than sexual reproduction. It introduces variation in the population, but much less than sexual reproduction does.