Section 4

Question 0

Describe the example of vegetative propagation in elm trees

Answer 0

• damage to parent plant
• basal sprouts appear (asexual reproduction) an grow from meristem tissue in the trunk close to the ground (less likely damaged)
• suckers grow and form circles of new elms called a clonal patch
• if parent plant had disease, all new trunks will die from it if they become infected

Question 1

Disadvantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 1

Produces genetically identical cells so there is no variation
Equally susceptible to getting disease