Fertilisation is necessary for asexual reproduction.

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Solution

The correct option is B False

In asexual reproduction only a single parent is involved.

Fertilisation is the process of fusion of male and female gametes.

In the case of asexual reproduction no gametes are formed and thus fertilisation does not take place.

Thus fertilisation is not necessary for asexual reproduction.

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Fertilisation is necessary for asexual reproduction.

Q. Fertilization is necessary even in asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction in plants which produces seed without fertilisation is known as:

State whether the following statements are true or false :

(a) Each sperm is a single cell.

(b) A new human individual develops from a cell called gamete.

(d) A zygote is formed as a result of fertilisation.

(e) External fertilisation takes place in frog.

(f) An embryo is made up of a single cell.

(g) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.

(h) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.

(i) The hens give birth to chicks like human beings give birth to babies.

(j) Amoeba reproduces by budding.

(k) Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction.

(l) Fertilisation is necessary even in asexual reproduction.

(m) Cloning is a sexual reproduction method in mammals.

Parthenogenesis is a mode of reproduction in which a haploid cell develops into an individual without undergoing fertilisation. This is an asexual mode of reproduction.

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