Asexual Reproduction

Cell Growth, Asexual and Sexual
Reproduction

Multiple Choice

Asexual Reproduction means

• 1 parent all offspring have the same DNA

• 1 parent all offspring have different DNA

• 2 parents all offspring have same DNA

• 2 parents all offspring have different DNA

Asexual Reproduction

Process in which 1 organism produces others of
its same kind (ex. Bacteria and plants)

– New organism is produced from only 1 organism
– Hereditary information is identical to parent

• Clones and twins also have the same DNA

Asexual Reproduction

• Budding

• Plants-many types

• Binary Fission

• Fragmentation

Multiple Choice

Which is not a type of asexual reproduction?

• fragmentation

• budding

• fertilization

• binary fission

Sexual Reproduction

• Requires two sex cells (sperm, egg) fused

together

• New organism w/ a mixture of traits from both

parent

• Unique individual

Animals > egg and sperm
Plants > egg and pollen

Multiple Choice

What type of asexual reproduction is occurring is this picture?

• budding

• fragmentation

• binary fission

• Vegetative propagation

Asexual Advantages/Disadvantages

Disadvantages

•Unfavorable conditions-
lack of diversity and don’t
fit organisms needs

Advantages

▪Produce many offspring in short
period
▪ Don’t need to find a mate
▪ In stable environments,
genetically identical offspring
thrive.

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Advantages of Asexual Reproduction​ ​

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Sexual Advantages/Disadvantages

Advantages

• Genetic diversity means

species will survive in
changing environments

Disadvantages

• Need to find a mate
• Fewer offspring
• Growth/development

takes longer

Multiple Choice

What type of asexual reproduction is pictured?

• binary fission

• budding

• vegetative propagation

• fragmentation

Multiple Choice

What type of asexual reproduction is pictured

• binary fission

• budding

• vegetative propagation

• fragmentation

Yeast

• Uses both forms of reproduction
• Asexually most of the time
• Under certain conditions they sexually

reproduce

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Why is more genetic diversity an advantage for a species?