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What is asexual reproduction?


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Asexual reproduction:

  1. Asexual reproduction refers to the process of producing new offspring from a single parent.
  2. Both physically and genetically, the offspring are identical to one another.
  3. They are identical replicas of their mother or father cells.
  4. The offspring of asexual reproduction are called clones.
  5. The different modes of asexual reproduction are binary fission, vegetative propagation, budding, etc.
  6. Asexual reproduction is commonly found in lower organisms such as hydra, and planaria.

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