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2a2 asexual
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| asexual reproduction | one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization |
| fission | cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells is known as fission |
| budding | a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent |
| regeneration | occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent |
| vegetative reproduction | is a from of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent |
| cloning | is a type of asexual reproduction performed in a laboratory that produces identical individuals from a cell or from a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism |