asexual & sexual reproduction

Question 1

asexual reproduction

Answer 1

process that results in production of genetically identical offspring from one parent

Question 2

sexual reproduction

Answer 2

process involving fusion of nuclei to form a zygote and the production of genetically dissimilar offspring

Question 3

types of asexual reproduction

Answer 3

budding and fission

Question 4

what is budding

Answer 4

production of offspring by outgrowth and eventual Splitting off of a new individual from the parent

Question 5

what is fission

Answer 5

a parent Seperates into 2 or more offspring of about equal size

Question 6

advantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 6

1. eliminates the need to find a mate
2. allows a population to perpetuate itself if its individual members are isolated from one anoteher
3. permits organisms to multiply quickly without spending time or energy producing sperm and eggs