Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Reproduction in Organisms

Question:

Choose the incorrect statement w.r.t . asexual reproduction :

Options:

Simpler than sexual reproduction .

Involves only mitotic division .

Production of offspring with the formation and fusion of gametes .

Also known as agamogenesis.

Correct Answer:

Production of offspring with the formation and fusion of gametes .

Explanation:

- Production of offspring by a single parent without the formation and fusion of gametes is called asexual reproduction .

-Asexual reproduction is also known as agamogenesis or agamogeny .

-It is more primitive and hence simpler than sexual reproduction .It involves only mitotic cell division and is also termed somatogenic reproduction .