Asexual Reproduction

Grafting

A cutting from one plant called the scion is attached to the main body of a rooted plant called the stock The scion keeps its own identity. Seedless oranges and grapes are propagated this way.

Vegetative Propagation

A form of asexual plant reproduction in which a part of a plant, root, stem, or leaf grows into a new plant. The new plant is exactly the same as the parent plant.

hydra

A multicellular animal reproduced by budding

yeast

A one celled organism reproduced by budding

Budding

A type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops as an outgrowth of the parent. The new organism is called the bud. Results in equal division of the nucleus and unequal division of the cytoplasm.

Regeneration

Developing a new organism from a part of the parent organism

Rhizomes

Long modified stems that grow horizontally under the soil. New plants are produced at nodes along the stem. Long grasses, ferns and irises are examples.

Cuttings

Pieces of roots, stems, or leaves, develop into new plants under proper conditions. Roses, sugar cane and bananas are propagated this way.

binary fission

Simplest type of asexual reproduction. A one celled organism is divided into two by mitosis. Both the nucleus and cytoplasm divide equally

Spores

Specialized asexual reproductive cells that contain a nucleus and a small amount of cytoplasm.

Runners

Stems that grow out over the surface of the soil from the existing stem. At points along the runner, new plants grow

One advantage of spore formation

Surrounded by tough protective coats that allow them to survive unfavorable conditions such as extreme heat or cold

Tuber, Runner, and Bulbs

Three plants that reproduce by vegetative propagation

Tuber, runner, and bulbs

Three plants that reproduce by vegetative propagation.

Bulbs

Underground stems specialized for food storage. Each one can develop into a new plant

Tubers

Underground stems that contain stored food . The eyes of the potatoes are buds that can develop into new plants

two organisms that divide by binary fission

ameba and paramecia

types of asexual reproduction

binary fission, budding, sporulation, regeneration, vegetative propagation, and cloning

unicellular and multicellular plants

can reproduce both asexually and sexually

asexual reproduction is more common in--------------

invertibrate animals

mitosis

mitotic cell division

asexual reproduction

one cell called the parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells-offspring

lobsters, sponges, and planaria

organisms that reproduce by regeneration