The difference between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction are as follows-
| Asexual reproduction | Sexual reproduction |
| It is Uniparental. | It is Biparental. |
| Gametes are not involved in this type of method. | Gametes are involved in this type of method. |
| Only mitotic division takes place here | Both meiosis and mitosis will take place. Meiosis occurs during gamete production and is followed by mitosis following fertilisation. |
| Offspring are genetically similar to the parent | Offspring are different from parents. |
Vegetative propagation
It is a type of process in which new plants are obtained without the production of sexual structures i.e seeds or spores. It involves the propagation of plants through different types of vegetative parts such as the rhizome, sucker, tuber, bulb, etc. In this, a fusion of the male and the female gamete does not take place and requires only one parent. Hence, vegetative reproduction can be stated under the category of asexual reproduction.
Why are offspring of oviparous animals at a greater risk as compared to offspring of viviparous animals?
Examine a few flowers of any cucurbit plant and try to identify the staminate and pistillate flowers. Do you know any other plant that bears unisexual flowers?
What is the bisexual flower? Collect five bisexual flowers from your neighborhood and with the help of your teacher find out their common and scientific names.
Describe the post-fertilization changes in a flower.
Differentiate between gametogenesis from embryogenesis.