Sexual and Asexual Reproduction.

Asexual Reproduction: One parent producing an offspring identical to itself (parent) Offspring can live independently

Cell Division in Unicellular Organisms Binary Fission: form of asexual reproduction in prokaryotic (lacks nucleus) organisms Parent organism splits in half (Eukaryotic – reproduce by mitosis ex: algae, some yeast, protozoans like paramecium)

Budding Organism develops tiny buds on its body Asexual reproduction Buds form from the parent cell so the bud is identical to the parent. Both unicellular and multicellular Examples: hydra, plants, some yeast

Regeneration: Specialized cells grow new tissue when a wound or lost limb occurs Examples: Starfish, lizard tails, planarian, cuttings from plants….

Asexual Reproduction & Health Bacteria reproduces at very rapid rates Reason you get sick within a day..