Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes. The offspring that arise by asexual reproduction from either unicellular or See more

Some species can alternate between sexual and asexual strategies, an ability known as heterogamy, depending on many conditions. … See more

Asexual reproduction is found in nearly half of the animal phyla. Parthenogenesis occurs in the hammerhead shark and the blacktip shark. In both cases, the sharks had reached sexual … See more

• Alternation of generations
• Self-fertilization
• Bacterial conjugation
• Biological life cycle
• Biological reproduction, also simply reproduction See more

Fission
Prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria) reproduce asexually through binary fission, in which the parent organism divides in two to produce two genetically identical daughter organisms. Eukaryotes (such as protists See more

In the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus asexual reproduction (obligate parthenogenesis) can be inherited by a recessive allele, … See more

A complete lack of sexual reproduction is relatively rare among multicellular organisms, particularly animals. It is not entirely understood … See more