AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following organisms cannot reproduce both sexually and asexually?
A
paramecium
B
hydra
C
amoeba
D
yeast
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Planaria can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Amoeba reproduces through binary fission, which is an asexual mode of reproduction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Due to the extremely diverse nature of amoebae, the various species of amoebae reproduce using a variety of different methods. These methods include spores, binary fission, and even sexually.

Detailed explanation-3: -The amoebae (and many other protists) have traditionally been considered as asexual organisms, but suspicion has been growing that these organisms are cryptically sexual or are at least related to sexual lineages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prokaryotes (Archaea and Bacteria) reproduce asexually through binary fission, in which the parent organism divides in two to produce two genetically identical daughter organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is because both amoeba and hydra don’t have sex organs.so, they follow asexual methods like binary fission in amoeba and budding in hydra.

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