Question 4 — Why does asexual reproduction produce - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 11 - Reproduction: How Life Continues (Exploration)

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Question 4
Why does asexual reproduction produce offsprings that are genetically identical to the parent?
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  • Asexual reproduction involves a single parent and occurs by mitosis .
  • Mitosis makes daughter cells with the same chromosomes as the parent, so the offspring are genetically identical clones.
Genetically Identical One parent, reproduction by mitosis Mitosis copies the same chromosomes Offspring are identical clones
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