Asexual Reproduction In Eukaryotes

Question 1

Binary Fission

Answer 1

Unicellular organisms reproduce asexually by replicating DNA and splitting into two

• bacteria
• amoeba

Question 2

Budding

Answer 2

Small groups of cells formed by mitosis that bud or break away are carried by the currents to other locations where they settle and develop into new sponges

• sponges
• hydra

Question 3

Regeneration

Answer 3

Part of the organism breaks off and regenerates into a new individual

• flatworms
• marine worms
• seastars

Question 4

Parthenogenesis

Answer 4

Involves the development of an unfertilised egg. Eggs that are produced by mitosis and develop into offspring identical to the parent.

• whiptail lizard
• aphids

Question 5

Spore formation

Answer 5

Spores released into environment and germinate into new individual

• fungi
• mosses
• ferns

Question 6

Vegetative Propagation

Answer 6

Form of asexual reproduction in plants where a part of a parent parents produces into a new plant, identical to each other.

Examples of different types of vegetative propagation: runners, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs and suckers.

• strawberry
• water hyacinth
• onion