what is clone ? why do offspring forme by asexual reproduction exhibit remarkable similarity?

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Clone is a organism that is produced asexually from his parents and is identical to his parents.
Asexually produced offsprings are identical to his parents because during asexual reproduction the DNA is copied exactly from the parental cells there is no crossing over between the maternal and paternal genetic material.

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(a) Can you consider cell division as a type of reproduction in unicellular organisms? Give reason.
(b) What is a clone? Why do offsprings formed by asexual reproduction exhibit remarkable similarity?

Why is the offspring formed by asexual reproduction referred to as clone?

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