Asexual Reproduction

Also called

binary fission · budding · fragmentation · spore formation · amoeba · hydra · yeast · spirogyra · rhizopus · bread mould · sporangium · identical offspring · clone · single parent · अलैंगिक जनन · द्विखंडन · मुकुलन

Topics

• In asexual reproduction one parent makes offspring without gametes, and the offspring are identical to it.
• Binary fission: the nucleus of Amoeba divides first, then the cytoplasm pinches into two daughter cells.
• Budding: Hydra grows a bud on the side of its body; the bud forms tentacles and detaches to live on its own.
• Yeast also buds: a small outgrowth receives a nucleus, enlarges, and may bud again to form a chain of cells.
• Fragmentation: a Spirogyra filament breaks into pieces, and each piece grows into a new filament.
• Spore formation: Rhizopus holds many spores in a sporangium; when it bursts, each spore can grow a new mould.
• Asexual reproduction is quick and needs only one parent, but it gives almost no variation among the offspring.

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A GLB file of about 522 KB, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Model, science and animation: Lably (built procedurally with three.js; no downloaded meshes). | CC BY 4.0. Original geometry and animation made for Lably.

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