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What do you mean by the term Sexual Reproduction ?

Sexual reproduction is the most common method of reproduction in plants and animals. Two parents, one male and other female, are involved in the process of sexual reproduction. It involves the fusion of two types of reproductive cells called gametes to form a single cell called zygote.

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What do you mean by the term Vegetative Reproduction ?

The method of reproduction in which new plants are formed from parts of the parent plant like roots, stem or leaves without involving the reproduction organs (flower) is called vegetative reproduction. This type of reproduction occurs only in plants.

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What do you mean by the term Asexual Reproduction ?

Asexual reproduction takes place by the following methods: Binary fission, Budding, Fragmentation, Spore formation and Regeneration. In unicellular organisms like amoeba, bacteria and paramecium, the parent cell divides into two daughter cells, each forming an independent organism.

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