asexual reproduction

Question 1

what is asexual reproduction?

Answer 1

mitosis, doesn’t require mate and produces clone or parent cell

Question 2

what are advantages of asexual reproduction?

Answer 2

energy efficient, no mate needed, quick

Question 3

what is prokaryotes asexual?

Answer 3

binary fission

Question 4

what is eukaryotes asexual?

Answer 4

mitosis

Question 5

what is budding?

Answer 5

an outgrowth of a parent organism (potato shoots)

Question 6

what is vegetation propagation?

Answer 6

part of a plant becomes attached and grows (grafting or cutting)

Question 7

what is spore formation?

Answer 7

spores detach from parent

Question 8

what is fragmentation?

Answer 8

whole organism divided into multiple (worms)

Question 9

what is parthenogenesis?

Answer 9

when an egg develops into an embryo without fertilisation from sperm

Question 10

what are disadvantages of asexual reproduction?

Answer 10

offspring are genetically identical making them more susceptible to die out from diseases