Question

compare and contrast the characteristics of sexual and asexual reproduction with at least one example of each?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction

Occurs in prokaryotic microorganisms and in some eukaryotic unicellular and multicellular organisms, lower invertebrates and plants Occurs almost in all types of multicellular organisms including humans, animals, and higher plants.

It is uniparental. It is usually bi-parental.

Gametes are not formed. Gametes are formed.

Somatic cells of parents are involved. Germ cells of parents are involved.

No fertilization occurs. Fertilization takes place.

No involvement of reproductive organs. Presence of fully developed reproductive organs.

Only mitosis type of cell division occurs. Both meiosis and mitosis type of cell division occurs.

The progeny and the parent are genetically identical. The progenies will be genetically different from the parents.

Characteristics of only one parent are inherited. Characteristics of both parents are inherited.

The genes and genetic material are just multiplied and passed on to new organisms from the parent. The genetic material undergoes intermixing from both parents to form a new set of genetic material.

Multiplication is very rapid and takes less time. Multiplication is not so rapid and takes a longer time to complete.

The number of offsprings produced may vary from two to many. The number of offsprings produced is comparatively lower.

No evolutionary significance. Has evolutionary significance in the population.

Bacterial fission, fragmentation, spore formation, budding of hydra are different types of asexual reproduction. Syngamy, external fertilization, and conjugation are different types of sexual reproduction

Answer 2

Explanation:

asexual reproduction

• gametes are not formed.
• it is always uniparental.
• no fertilization
• it occur in low invertebrates and low chordates .
• involved only meiosis.
• ex hydra, budding.

sexual reproduction

• gametes are formed.
• it is usually biparental.
• fertilization occur.
• it occur in all types of animals and mostly in highly plants.
• involved meiosis and mitosis.

ex plasmodium , human

the difference is of plants asexual and sexual reproduction.