Types of Asexual

Reproduction
3/17/2008
 Asexual Reproduction
• Involves the process of mitosis

• Offspring are genetically identical

to parent
 Binary Fission
• Parent divides into 2 equal
halves after
nucleus replicates
• No parent remains 2 daughter cells
grow to normal size
• Occurs in bacteria , protozoa , and
algae
 Budding
• Parent organism divides into 2 unequal
halves
• Daughter cell forms from outgrowth or
bud off parent
• Buds may break off or remain attached and
form a colony
• Occurs in hydra and yeast
 Sporulation (spore forming)
• Production of many spores in a special
spore producing structure ( spore case )
• Spores are microscopic , specialized cells,
containing nucleus and cytoplasm
within a hard case
• Occurs in molds , mushrooms , and
ferns
 Regeneration
• Ability to grow back missing parts
• The more complex the organism, the
harder it is to regenerate
• Occurs in simple organisms such as
starfish andflat worm
Humans?
 Vegetative Propagation
• piece of a body of a multicellular
organism gives rise to a new organism
• Common in plants - using stems,
leaves, or roots
• Can occur naturally or artificially
Natural Vegetative Propagation
• Bulb- Short underground stem with stored
food & fleshy leaves Ex. Onion, tulip
• Corm- Short underground stem with stored
food Ex. Water chestnut
• Tuber- Enlarged underground stem
Ex. potato
• Runner- (stolon) horizontal stem with buds
along ground’s surface Ex. strawberry
• Rhizome- Underground horizontal stem

Ex. ginger
 Tuber

Runner

Bulb

Rhizome Corm
Artificial Vegetative Propagation
• Cutting- use partof plant to
reproduce (Ex. Spider plant)

• Layering- stem is bentover and covered with soil

 will root and formnew plant (Ex.raspberry)

• Grafting- stem or bud of one plant is

joinedto
another plant
permanently
(Ex. )
Seedless fruit tree
 scion

stock

Layering Grafting