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How is variation introduced into populations of asexual organisms such as bacteria and amoebas?

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In asexual reproduction an exact genetic copy of the parent organism is produced. Unlike sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction only introduces genetic variation into the population if a random mutation in the organism's DNA is passed on to the offspring.

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