Asexual reproduction is one of the most common modes of reproduction found in lower organisms and some plants. It involves a single parent and occurs without the fusion of gametes, resulting in offspring genetically identical to the parent. Asexual reproduction is a reproduction mode in living beings that must have a single parent. Thus, unlike sexual reproduction , it does not require two sex cells or gametes to fuse. Asexual reproduction produces offspring genetically the same as the parent. Yet in multicellular animals, sexual reproduction eventually became dominant, likely due to its ability to generate genetic diversity. This raises one of the most enduring questions in evolutionary biology: if sexual reproduction is superior in terms of adaptability, why has asexual reproduction persisted? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.
