Why is reproduction essential for organism?

Why do we refer to offspring formed by asexual method of reproduction as clones?

Draw the sketches of a zoospore and a conidium. Mention two dissimilarities between them and atleast one feature common to both structures.

Justify the statement ‘Vegetative reproduction is also a type of asexual reproduction’.

Which one of the following statements is true or yeast?

(a) The cell divides by binary fission. One of them develops into a bud.

(b) The cell divides unequally. The smaller cell develops into a bud.

(c) The cell produces conidia which develop into a bud.

Why do algae and fungi shift to sexual mode of reproduction just before the onset of adverse conditions ?

Write one difference between binary fission and budding.

Why are researchers the world over, trying to transfer ‘apomictic’ genes into hybrid seeds? Give reasons (any two).

Provide an example each of single celled organisms which reproduce by :

(i) binary fission

(ii) budding

Why are no variations seen in clones? State two reasons.

Banana crop is cultivated by farmers without sowing of seeds. Explain how the plant is propagated.