Question

Why is vegetative reproduction considered a type of asexual reproduction?

Answer 1

Vegetative reproduction:

1. Vegetative reproduction is a type of asexual reproduction.
2. Vegetative reproduction is considered asexual reproduction because, in this biological process, the vegetative part of the parent plants (root, stem, leaf etc.) are preserved and propagated to produce a new individual.
3. It does not involve the fusion of gametes .
4. The offspring are produced by a single parent.
5. Budding, and binary fission, are examples of vegetative reproduction.
6. The genetic make-up of the offspring is identical.
7. So, they are clones of their parent.
8. The variation is absent in vegetative reproduction.
9. It occurs by different methods.
10. These are suckers, tubers, bulbs, and rhizomes.