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Can someone explain asexual and sexual production ?

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Answer:

Asexual is reproduction with one parent (single celled organisms)

Sexual is reproduction with two parents

Step-by-step explanation:

Asexual reproduction

is a type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that parent only; it does not involve the fusion of gametes and almost never changes the number of chromosomes. Asexual reproduction is the primary form of reproduction for single-celled organisms such as the archaebacteria, eubacteria, and protists.

Sexual Reproduction

Sexual reproduction is a form of reproduction where two morphologically distinct types of specialized reproductive cells called gametes fuse together, involving a female's large ovum (or egg) and a male's smaller sperm. Each gamete contains half the number of chromosomes of normal cells.

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Answer with explanation:

There are two main types of reproduction - sexual and asexual.

Sexual reproduction is when genetic material from two parents are combined together to produce an offspring. The off springs show traits of parents but they are not identical to them.

While asexual reproduction involves a single parent producing offsprings that are genetically identical to each other and to their parent. All prokaryotes and some eukaryotes reproduce asexually.

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