Asexual reproduction

• Spores


  1. Single cells produced by an organism and released into the environment to propagate

  2. Rely on ideal environment conditions, wind & water to transport
• Binary Fission

  • Bacteria
  • Protista
• Vegetative reproduction (Propagation)


  1. Occurs when a new plant is produced from part of another plant

  2. Very quick reproduction
• Budding


  1. New organism formed from an outgrowth on parent

  2. When the outgrowth is large enough it frees itself from the parent
• Vegetative reproduction (Propagation)

  • Grafts - used commercially to produce desirable traits in flowers and fruit trees
  • Bulbs - daffodils, garlic
  • Tubers - potatoes (new plants can grow from the tuber)
  • Runners - strawberries; new roots grow from a runner to make a new plant
  • Clovers
• Binary Fission


  1. The cell duplicates its DNA and then extends its cell membrane from the centre

  2. The cell elongates from the centre in each direction until it's long enough to cleave
• Parthenogenesis


  1. When an individual is produced from an unfertilised egg, known as the virgin birth

  2. Diploid = asexual reproduction
• Binary Fission is a very fast method of reproduction with the population of a colony sometimes doubling every 15-20 minutes
• Parthenogenesis

  • Bees; the queen lay eggs that produce females if fertilised and males (drones) if not fertilised
  • Some sharks
• Fragmentation


  1. Organism breaks into 2 or more pieces

  2. A whole new organism is produced from each piece

  3. Must have those advantageous environments to survive
• Budding


  • Yeast
  • Hydra
  • Fungi
  • Protists
• Budding

  • Yeast
  • Hydra
  • Fungi
  • Protists
• Fragmentation


  • Sponges
  • Starfish
  • Plants
  • Animals
• Fragmentation

  • Sponges
  • Starfish
  • Plants
  • Animals
• Spores


  • Mushroom (fungi)
  • Prokaryotes
  • Protists and bacteria
  • Plants such as fern and mosses
  • Mould
• Spores

  • Mushroom (fungi)
  • Prokaryotes
  • Protists and bacteria
  • Plants such as fern and mosses
  • Mould