Asexual Reproduction

Asexual
Reproduction
Objectives:
Describe the asexual reproduction

based on the number of individuals
and the similarities of offspring to
their parents.
Identify the different forms of
asexual reproduction.
Explain the alternation of
generation.
Reproduction - is one of the characteristic of
organisms.
- is the ability of organisms to produce their own
kind.
- can be asexual or sexual.
Asexual Reproduction – refers to the process of

producing offspring from one parent, without union
of gametes (sex cells).
- a parent cell may reproduce one or more
offspring that are identical to it.
- helps multiply organisms even in harsh and
desolate environment because it only requires on
parent.
- does not involve a change of genes
(materials that carry the traits of an
organism).
TYPES OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
1. Binary fission
2. Budding
3. Fragmentation
4. Regeneration
5. Tubers
6. Rhizome
7. Corm
8. Bulbs
9. Suckers / Sprouts
10. Runners
11. Adventitious buds
Asexual Reproduction in Microorganisms and Animals
1. Binary fission – is a type of asexual reproduction wherein the cell splits into two to produce two identical
offspring.
2. Budding - the parent cell produces a bud on its surface. As the bud gets bigger, it eventually pinches off from the
parent cell.
3. Fragmentation – an organism splits into fragments. These fragments may develop and mature into new organisms
with the exact copy of their parent’s genetic material.
4. Regeneration – is a special type of asexual reproduction.
- the process can replace the an injured or lost body part, such as those of sea stars (star fishes).
- however, in some cases, the regenerated body part can grow into a whole organism.
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
1. Tuber – is a swollen part of an underground stem.
- it bears a number of nodes or “eyes”. Each eye bears one or more buds. New plants are produced from the
buds present in the eye.
2. Rhizome – is an underground horizontal stem, where each node gives rise to a new plant.
- plants use to store starch, proteins, and other nutrients that are useful when new shoots form.
3. Corm – is a vertical underground stem.
- it thickens as it continues to grow.
4. Bulb – is a special bud that is thick and freshy.
- it serves as storage of food during the period of dormancy to enable plants to survive adverse conditions.
5. Suckers or Sprouts – give rise to new plants.
6. Runner or Stolon – is a stem that grows below the ground, forming adventitious roots at the nodes and
forming a new plant from the buds.
7. Adventitious bud – develop in some plants.
- usually dormant but when they come in contact with soil, they develop into new plantlets.
Alternation of Generations
Alternation of generation refers to the process whereby organisms produce both asexually and sexually.
Moss Life Cycle

1. The sporophyte (spore – bearing plant) releases the spores from its capsules.
2. The spores will then germinate, which will undergo cell division to give rise to a gametophyte (gamete – bearing plant).
3. The male gametophyte contains antheridium (plural: antheridia), where sperm cells develop and mature. The female’s
gametophyte contains the archegonia), where the egg cell develops.
4. Because mosses inhabit moist areas, water from moist or raindrops cause sperm cells to be released from the
antheridium and meet with the stationary egg cell in the archegonium.
5. The fusion of sperm and egg cell form a zygote.
6. The zygote undergoes mitosis or cell division to produce a sporophyte.
Fern Life Cycle
1. On the underside of the fronds are sporangia (singular: sporangium). Within the sporangia are sporangia are
spore producing cells called sporogenous cells. When the spores are mature, they are released from the
sporangia.
2. The germinating spores will develop into a gametophyte.
3. The fern gametophyte is a small, bisexual, heart-shaped plant called a prothallus.
The underside of the prothallus form gametes. The archegonium contains a single egg. The antheridium
contains flagellated sperm.
The antheridium releases sperm, which swim through water nearby archegonium to fertilize the egg cell and
form a zygote.
4. As the zygote grows into an embryo, it remains attached to the prothallus for nourishment.
5. The prothallus dies as the embryo grows and develops into a new fern.

Asexual Reproduction

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Asexual Reproduction

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Asexual Reproduction

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Asexual

Describe the asexual reproduction

Asexual Reproduction – refers to the process of

Moss Life Cycle

You might also like