Question

Describe and provide an example of the different types of asexual reproduction listed below: b. Regeneration *

Answer 1

Answer:

• Regeneration is a type of asexual reproduction in which lost or damaged part of the body regrows into complete organisms.

Explanation:

• Regeneration generally takes place in simple organisms and not in complex organisms.

• But some cells of the complex organisms also have a limited regenerative power. For example, the healing of wounds in humans. Plants also has high regenerative power. Hence, such regeneration are called as incomplete regeneration because only part of it can grow back.

• But the highest power of regeneration is found in Planaria belonging to phylum Platyhelminthes.

• In Planaria the regeneration is complete because complete new individuals can be formed through one cell.

• Other examples includes Hydra.