Question

State which of the following statements is true about asexual reproduction?

• A. It is uni-parental in nature
• B. It is bi-parental in nature
• C. Daughter cells contain genetic material same as parent cell
• D. Daughter cells do not contain genetic material same as parent cell

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

It is uni-parental in nature
Daughter cells contain genetic material same as parent cell

Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only; it is reproduction which almost never involves ploidy or reduction. The offspring will be exact genetic copies of the parent, except in the specific case of automixis. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which is reproduction without the fusion of gametes. Asexual reproduction is the primary form of reproduction for single-celled organisms such as the archaebacteria, eubacteria, and protists. Many plants and fungi reproduce asexually as well.