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Reproduction

This is the process by which living things multiply and in-

crease in number (become many) i.e. give rise to new off-

springs (young ones) to continue a generation of the species.

There are two types of reproduction

1. Asexual reproduction

2. Sexual reproduction

1. Asexual reproduction

This is the type of reproduction where no reproductive cells

(gametes) are used to produce young ones.

Examples of a sexual reproduction

Vegetation propagation in plants e.g. budding, grafting, layer-

ing, marcotting, stem cutting, bulbs crown, slips, leaves, and

root cutting, cell division, binary fission in single celled ani-

mals e.g. Amoeba, bacteria, paramecium.