What is reproduction? Describe various modes of reproduction
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Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parents". Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction. There are two forms of reproduction: asexual and sexual. In asexual reproduction, an organism can reproduce without the involvement of another organism. Asexual reproduction is not limited to single-celled organisms. The cloning of an organism is a form of asexual reproduction.
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The process by which living organisms produce young ones of their own kind is called reproduction.
The various modes of reproduction are:-
i) Sexual reproduction- this mode of reproduction involves a male and a female. Both produce special cells called the sex cells or the reproductive cells. The male and female sex cells are called male and female gametes. These gametes are produced inside their special reproductive organs. The human male gamete or the sperm fuses with the human female gamete also called the egg or the ovum, to produce a single-celled structure called the zygote.
ii) Asexual reproduction- this mode of reproduction takes place when a single parent gives rise to a new individual of its kind. Animals such as Amoeba, starfish and hydra reproduce asexually. Some of the asexual reproduction processes are budding and binary fission.