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Define asexual reproduction. Describe two methods of asexual reproduction in animals.

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Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction where fertilization does not take place as only a single parent is involved. Offspring produced is identical to the parent because they are produced as clones. Types of asexual reproduction are as follows: fission, budding and fragmentation.


A. Fission: This type is mainly seen in unicellular prokaryotes. A full-grown organism at a certain stage splits into two identical daughter organisms.


Figure : Binary Fission

B. Budding: In this type of asexual reproduction, a 'bud' or an outgrowth is formed on the mature adult body and eventually this bud separates and acts as an individual organism.


Figure : Budding in Yeast


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