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Asexual Reproduction

Published on Mar 05, 2016

Quick definitions of the different forms of Asexual Reproduction, intended for classroom lectures.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Asexual Reproduction

4 Forms

  • Budding
  • Binary Fission
  • Multiple Fission
  • Fragmentation

Budding
A new organism develops due to an outgrowth or "bud"

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Binary Fission

Organism divides into two equal sized organisms

Multiple Fission
Cellular nucleus divides multiple times through mitosis

Fragmentaion
Cloning in which an organism is split into fragments

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