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What is asexual reproduction?

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(i)Reproduction by a single parent without thke involvement of gamete formation is asexual reproduction and the offspring produced are genetically identical. (uniparental inheritance)
(ii) Asexual reproduction is usally by amitoyic or mitotic division of the somatic somatogenic or blastogenic reproduction.
Eg. members of protista, Bacteria.
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