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Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are:
Aidentical to the parent
Bgenetically varied
Calways sterile
Dalways different species
CBSEClass 10 (CBSE)ScienceCh 7 · Topic 1
Modes of Reproduction - Asexual
Learning about asexual reproduction methods in organisms.
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Because asexual reproduction produces genetically identical offspring (clones), it allows rapid population growth in favourable conditions but offers no genetic variation, making a population more vulnerable to being wiped out entirely by a single disease or environmental change that all individuals are equally susceptible to. This is why many organisms that reproduce asexually can also, under certain conditions, switch to sexual reproduction, which introduces genetic diversity through the combination of genes from two parents.
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• Asexual reproduction methods: binary fission, budding, fragmentation, vegetative propagation.
• Asexual reproduction produces genetically identical offspring (clones) from a single parent.
• It allows rapid population growth but offers no genetic variation.
• Lack of genetic variation makes an asexual population vulnerable to disease or environmental change.