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Distinguish between asexual and sexual reproduction. Why is vegetative reproduction also considered as a type of asexual reproduction?

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In multicellular or colonial forms of algae, moulds and mushrooms, the body may break into smaller fragments. Each fragment thus formed develops into a mature Individual. This process is called Fragmentation. Some plants have specialized structures for reproduction called Gemmae (in liverworts). In flowering plants, the units of vegetative propagation such as Runners, Stolons, Suckers, Offsets, Rhizome, Corm, Stem tuber, Bulb, Bulbil, Reproductive leaves, are capable of giving rise to new offsprings, These structures are called vegetative propagules. In all these plants, sex organs are not involved. So vegetative reproduction is also a asexual Reproduction.
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