asexual

• asexual reproduction: the process resulting in the production of genetically identical offspring from one parent
• examples:

  • bulbs
  • budding
  • runners
  • cuttings
  • tubers
  • binary fission
• produced through mitosis
• What is the process that results in the production of genetically identical offspring from one parent called?

  Asexual reproduction
• How does a plant reproduce asexually?


  By reproducing without the fusion of the nuclei of a pollen and ovule
• What are the offspring produced through asexual reproduction known as?


  Clones
• Which parts of a plant can be used to grow a new plant through asexual reproduction?


  Leaves, stems, or roots
• What type of cell division occurs during asexual reproduction in plants?

  Mitosis
• What is the significance of mitosis in the process of asexual reproduction?


  Mitosis produces genetically identical clones
• binary fission:

  • Cannot divide by mitosis as there is no nucleus
  • Once DNA has been copied exactly, the bacteria divides into

  two