Name: Types of Seeds
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 31 s
Description: Seeds can hold an entire tree inside of a tiny package! Watch the video to learn more about them and all the nutrients and information they store inside!

Question

Compare and contrast the different types of asexual reproduction on the basis of the process, structures formed and the organisms in which it is found.

Accepted Answer

The comparison between the different types of asexual reproduction on the basis of the process, structures formed and the organisms in which it is found is as follows:

Characteristic Vegetative propagation Spore formation Budding Fragmentation Binary fission

Process Vegetative propagation is a method in which the vegetative parts of the plant such as the leaves, stem, buds and roots of a plant are used to grow new plants. It is of two types: Natural vegetative propagation and artificial vegetative propagation. Spore formation is a type of asexual reproduction in which the plant reproduces through its spores. Budding is a type of asexual reproduction in which an organism develops an outgrowth on its body which gets detached from its parent body and develops into an individual organism. Fragmentation is a type of asexual reproduction in which the body of an organism breaks into two or more fragments. Each fragment has the capability to grow into a new organism. Binary fission is a type of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides into two equal daughter cells. Also, during this process, the genetic material divides into two equal halves, and each cell gets one half of it.

Characteristic Vegetative propagation Spore formation Budding Fragmentation Binary fission

Structures formed and organisms it is found in.
Buds- Natural vegetative propagation.

Stem and roots are used in artifical vegetative propagation.

Organisms: Potato, sweet potato, ginger, etc.

Spores

Organisms: Ferns and Rhizopus fungi.

Buds

Organisms: Yeast and Hydra.

Fragments

Organisms: Spirogyra and lichens.

2 daughter cells

Organisms: Bacteria and Amoeba.

Compare and contrast the different types of asexual reproduction on the basis of the process, structures formed and the organisms in which it is found.

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