Question

Question 28:
(a) Can you consider cell division as a type of reproduction in unicellular organisms ? Give reason.
(b) What is a clone ? Why do offsprings formed by asexual reproduction exhibit remarkable similarity ?

Lakhmir Singh Biology Class 10

Answer 1

Ans
(a). Yes, Cell division is itself a mode of reproduction in unicellular organisms as it is a unicellular and when it divides mitotically its number increases.... Hence, the ans.
(b). Clones are organisms which genetically and morphologically similar.
Since, asexual reproduction is also cell division in unicellular organisms(i,e the offsprings are the parents itself) its offspring are remarkably similar to their parents.