asexual reproduction vs sexual reproduction

asexual reproduction

Definitions

noun

  1. reproduction without the fusion of gametes

Examples

Towards the difficulty of breed the Aralia elata, the author explored effect methods of asexual reproduction.

All radiolarians secrete strontium sulphate at some point in the life cycle - as the adult shell in Acantharea, and as crystals in ‘swarmer cells’ produced during asexual reproduction in Polycystinea.

In nature clones are found in organisms capable of asexual reproduction, that is, in certain plants and bacteria.

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sexual reproduction

Definitions

noun

  1. reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete

Examples

Well, Minister, they call it the race to find a supergene that controls asexual reproduction in plants, known as apomixis.

Both species reproduce by cyclical parthenogenesis, in which phases of asexual reproduction are intermitted by sexual reproduction.

The ability to undergo both unisexual and bisexual reproduction may provide evolutionary advantages.

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