| Asexual Reproduction |
Sexual Reproduction |
1. Involves only one parent
2. Gametes are not produced.
3. No fertilisation and zygote formation.
4. Meiosis does not occur at anytime during reproduction. |
1. often involves two parents.
2. Gametes are produced.
3. Fertilation and zygote formation is observed.
4. Meiosis occurs at the time of gamete formation. |
During sexual reproduction two types of gametes fuse. Although the gametes contain the same number of chromosomes, their DNA is not identical. This situation generates variations among the offsprings.
