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What is a clone? Why do offsprings formed by asexual reproduction exhibit remarkable similarity?

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A clone refers to the offspring of an organism which is formed through asexual reproduction. Since they possess exact copies of the DNA from their parent, so clones exhibit remarkable similarity.

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