Asexual Reproduction

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Types of asexual reproduction

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Fission (binary fission)
Budding
Fragmentation
Vegetative propagation

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Asexual

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Single parent
The offsprings are clones to the parent
Does not involve the fusion of sex cells

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Fission

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Also known as binary fission

• prokaryotic organisms like bacteria use this method to produce
• some eukaryotic single celled organisms use like amoeba
• copies off of circular chromosome and splits in half

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Budding

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Uses mitosis to copy cells

• genetically the same as parents
• new idividuak growing off the side of parent
• spores can form through budding

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Spores

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Can be formed in clumps or chains
Can be eukaryotic or prokaryotic
Spores are a way of surviving unfavorable environment changes
They are produced asexually

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Fragmentation

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Also known as regeneration
Occurs in multicellular organisms
- body of parent breaks into 2 or more parts
MITOSIS (eukaryotic

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Vegetative propagation

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By MITOSIS
CUTTING: separation of part of one plant to form a new plant
Lateral buds may be above the ground of below

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Grafting

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Cut off branch of different tree onto another three
Eventually xylem will join together
By MITOSIS

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Runners

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Individual plants grow from lateral buds eg. Strawberry tree ABOVE THE SURFACE

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Rhizomes

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Below surface

Flowers, bulbs, potatoes

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Advantages of Assexual

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• rapid increase in population

- ensures “ideal” feature are preserved from generation to generation

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Disadvantages of asexual

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• increased competition for resources

- lack of genetic variation to withstand change of events