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How are asexual reproduction and mitosis related?

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Asexual reproduction is accomplished in eukaryotes mostly through mitosis, where copies of the genome are distributed without recombination into daughter cells for propagation. Offspring inherit an identical genome from a single parent through mitosis. read more

Asexual reproduction is the duplication of the genetic material from a parent organism to create a new organism. Mitosis is the way in which asexual reproduction takes place, but it takes place in many other contexts as well. read more

Mitosis is the asexual form of reproduction, Meiosis being the sexual form. Mitosis involved replicating the Chromosomes of the cell and placing the exact replicas in the daughter cells, resulting in 2 cells. This is asexual reproduction because the cells are exactly the same. read more

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