Reproduction and development is required for the perpetuation of all species.
Asexual reproduction is a method of reproduction where all the genetic information comes from one parent.
Some Methods of Asexual Reproduction
1. Binary fission: involves an equal division of both the organism cytoplasm
and nucleus to form two identical organisms
ex: protists
2. Budding: involves one parent dividing its nucleus (genetic material)
equally, but cytoplasm unequally
ex: yeast
3. Sporulation (spore formation): reproduction involving specialized single
cells coming from one parent
Cloning is the production of identical genetic copies.
Asexual reproduction is a variation of the cell division process of mitosis.
Mitosis is associated with asexual reproduction, as well as growth and repair in sexually reproducing organisms.