Asexual Mode of Reproduction - Practice Questions & MCQ

• In asexual reproduction, a single individual (parent) is capable of producing offspring. 
• As a result, the offspring that are produced are not only identical to one another but are also exact copies of their parents.
• The term clone is used to describe such morphologically and genetically similar individuals.
• Asexual reproduction is common among single-celled organisms, and in plants and animals with relatively simple organisations. 
• In Protists and Monerans, the organism or the parent cell divides by mitosis into two to give rise to new individuals.
• Thus, in these organisms cell division is itself a mode of reproduction.

Characteristics of Asexual Reproduction:

• A single parent is involved.
• Gametes are not formed.
• Fertilization does not occur.
• Cell division occurs through mitosis.
• Offsprings are genetically identical to the parent.
• Multiplication occurs rapidly.

Types of Asexual Reproduction:

• Binary fission
• Multiple fission
• Budding
• Fragmentation
• Regeneration
• Gemmulation