Before we go any further, we need to understand the two types of reproduction that occur in living organisms. First is asexual reproduction, or reproduction without sex (a means without).
In asexual reproduction, the offspring are genetically identical to the
parent. There are many modes of asexual reproduction: budding (a new
individual splits off from the parent), fission (the parent splits into
two or more individuals), and fragmentation (a piece of the parent
breaks off into several pieces and regenerates).
