ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
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Question
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Sponges are simple animals that when crushed, their fragments can able to reproduce to another individual. What do you call this type of asexual reproduction?
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Fragmentation
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Cloning
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Binary Fission
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Regeneration
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Asexual reproduction also occurs in sponges in various ways; the best known method is called gemmulation .
Detailed explanation-2: -Fragmentation is the breaking of the body into two parts with subsequent regeneration. If the animal is capable of fragmentation, and the part is big enough, a separate individual will regrow. Many sea stars reproduce asexually by fragmentation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sponges have developed not one, not two, but three different ways to reproduce asexually. These ways are fragmentation, budding, and gemmulation. Fragmentation is the most common way sponges reproduce.
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