Question

What is regeneration? State a reason why a more complex organism cannot give rise to new
individuals through this method.​

Answer 1

ANSWER :

Regeneration is the ability of a fully differentiated organism to give rise to new individual organisms from its body parts. More complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through regeneration because:

(i) their body is highly complicated.

(ii) there are specific organs to do specific functions.

(iii) there is a labour division in the body of complex organisms.

(iv) regeneration is carried out by specialised cells which are not present in complex organisms.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Regeneration is the process in which new organism are reproduced by the cut out parts of parent organism. This happens with the help of special tissues. Large and complex organisms have different organs and organs systems which perform different functions in a