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A plant produces tiny plants around the edges of its leaves. When these tiny plants fall to the ground, they take root and become new plants. This process is an example of ______________.

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asexual reproduction - because the plant is producing little copies of itself.

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In asexual reproduction, one or more new freely existing organisms arise from a single parent without fertilization. All the descendants of an asexually reproducing individual are the same genetically and are referred to as a clone.

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