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Mo3-L4a: What is Asexual Reproduction?

Asexual reproduction also enables some organisms SUMMARY
to produce large numbers of offspring in a short What is Asexual Reproduction?
period of time.
Chromosome
Asexual Reproduction
Female Generation 1 Mother cell

Generation 2 Cell elongates
and replicates
Generation 3 its DNA

Generation 4 DNA molecules
separate, cross
wall starts forming
Sexual Reproduction
Generation 1 Female
Daughter cells
Generation 2 Male
Cross wall forms
Generation 3 completely

Generation 4 In asexual reproduction, offspring are produced
without meiosis and fertilization.

Crabgrass can spread quickly because it reproduces Asexual reproduction enables organisms to
asexually reproduce quickly.

Mo3-L4b What are the Types of Asexual
Reproduction?
KEY CONCEPTS:
1. How do the types of asexual reproduction differ?.
Key Concept
What is Asexual Reproduction?

How is Asexual Reproduction beneficial?
Vocabulary A-Z
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fission
cell division that forms two genetically identical cells.

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