Asexual Reproduction

Types of asexual reproduction. Budding Regeneration Fission Parthenogenesis

Budding
This process is common in plant species. A "bud" grows on the organism until it has grown enough to become its own independent organism. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=489CSop00sY&fe ature=related

Regeneration
Common to invertebrates, this is the process of growing limbs, organs or other tissues to replace damaged ones.

Binary Fission
This is the process of an organism dividing into two separate organisms such as in cellular division. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEwzDydc iWc&feature=related

Parthenogenesis
This type of reproduction involves the development of an egg that has not been fertilized, into an individual.

Animals like most kinds of wasps, bees, and ants that have no sex chromosomes reproduce by this process. Some reptiles and fish are also capable of reproducing in this manner.

 All forms of asexual reproduction use the genetics of one living being, therefore the offspring will be genetically similar to the parent.