Asexual reproduction allows organisms to reproduce without combining genetic material from two parents. There are several types of asexual reproduction including binary fission in single-celled organisms, budding in hydra and yeast where new individuals pop out of the parent, spore formation in plants, algae and fungi, and vegetative reproduction in plants through runners, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs or grafting to form new individuals without seeds or spores.

1. Asexual Reproduction
It only takes one

2. Binary Fission (mitosis)
One parent makes one
daughter cell
Used by one-celled
organisms, like bacteria)

3. Budding
The offspring just pops out of the parent
Examples: hydra and yeast

4. Spores
Spores are
formed and
dispersed by
some plants,
algae, and
fungi.

5. Vegetative Reproduction
New individuals are made without seeds
or spores

6. Types of Vegetative
Reproduction
Runners
Rhizomes
Tubers
Bulbs
Grafting

7. Runners
Plant stems send out “extensions” above
ground. These extensions give rise to new
plants.

8. Rhizomes
Like runners, but underground. The
runners are called stolons and they come
from the roots.

9. Tubers
An underground, modified stem which
can form buds which make new plants.

10. Bulbs
Underground shoot with modified leaves
which are used as food for dormant plant.

11. Grafting
Part of one
plant fuses
with another
plant.