Asexual reproduction involves mitosis. It could be by a number of different ways, but all of them involve making new cells from the ones that are already there.
Note that mitosis is also valuable for repairing damaged tissue, replacing worn out cells, growing, and developing, not just asexual reproduction.
Asexual reproduction does not occur by meiosis.
2007-05-31 17:01:44
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answered by ecolink 7
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Is Mitosis Asexual Reproduction
2016-10-02 00:27:46
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answered by korting 4
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is mitosis a sexual or asexual reproduction? & does asexual reproduction occurs by meosis?
2015-08-18 18:15:12
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answered by Nina 1
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Mitosis is a type of ASEXUAL reproduction and you know why? because the cell itself, without the help of any other individual, divides and produces 2 exact cells. This is precisely the definition of Asexual Reproduction: to create a new organism without the contribution of a partner and that this new organism is identical to the mother cell. As for Meiosis... well meiosis is the process of creating gametes (or sex cells... either sperm cells in males or egg cells in females). Meiosis is necessary for SEXUAL reproduction since the two gametes have to fuse to produce a new individual. In this case, you have TWO individuals (instead of one) whose fusion produces a new individual that is genetically different to each parent cell but it is a combination of the two parents.
2007-05-31 17:04:01
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answered by UNCLE GERARD 3
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mitosis is asexual. it's when one cell splits into 2 cells. so a 1 celluar organism would asexually reproduce, making 2. your body also does this to multiply its cells cause they keep dying. the duplicate is exactly the same as the original.
sexual reproduction occurs by meosis. i just said that asexual occurs by mitosis. lol
2007-05-31 17:09:04
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answered by Stephanie R 4
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Mitosis is asexual. In mitosis, the cell replicates itself exactly, with a full set of chromosomes (diploid - di meaning two).
Meiosis is sexual reproduction. In meiosis, a parent cell splits into four daughter cells, each with half the normal number of chromosomes (haploid, or half). Then two cells from two different individuals can combine halves of genetic information through fertilization. Eggs and sperm in humans are produced by meiosis, and thus, both are haploid, so they combine to form a normal diploid cell with a full chromosome set.
2007-05-31 17:02:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Mitosis is asexual. Asexual reproduction does not occur by meiosis. Meiosis is sexual reproduction. Also, it is spelled M-E-I-O-S-I-S.
2007-05-31 17:03:51
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answered by hiptyhp@sbcglobal.net 3
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The answers above answer the question, but as an added way to remember the difference my biology teacher taught us mitosis sounds like MY-TOES-is as in my toes and the cells in my toes reproduce by mitosis. Being through he also taught us that meiosis has an "E" in it and there is an "E" in sex, therefore meiosis is involved in sex. I think the my-toes-is worked better but what ever helps you remember.
2007-05-31 23:32:27
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answered by paintplayer68@sbcglobal.net 1
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Mitosis is the process by which a cell separates its duplicated genome into two identical halves. It is generally followed immediately by cytokinesis which divides the cytoplasm and cell membrane. This results in two identical daughter cells with a roughly equal distribution of organelles and other cellular components. Mitosis and cytokinesis together is defined as the mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle, the division of the mother cell into two daughter cells, each the genetic equivalent of the parent cell. Mitosis occurs exclusively in eukaryotic cells. In multicellular organisms, the somatic cells undergo mitosis, while germ cells — cells destined to become sperm in males or ova in females — divide by a related process called meiosis. Prokaryotic cells, which lack a nucleus, divide by a process called binary fission. Because cytokinesis usually occurs in conjunction with mitosis, "mitosis" is often used interchangeably with "mitotic phase". However, there are many cells where mitosis and cytokinesis occur separately, forming single cells with multiple nuclei. This occurs most notably among the fungi and slime moulds, but is found in various different groups. Even in animals, cytokinesis and mitosis may occur independently, for instance during certain stages of fruit fly embryonic development. Transcription is generally believed to cease during mitosis, but epigenetic mechanisms such as bookmarking function during this stage of the cell cycle to ensure that the "memory" of which genes were active prior to entry into mitosis are transmitted to the daughter cells. In biology, meiosis is the process that allows one diploid cell to divide in a special way to generate haploid cells in eukaryotes. The word "meiosis" comes from the Greek meioun, meaning "to make smaller," since it results in a reduction in chromosome number. Meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction. It therefore occurs in most eukaryotes, including single-celled organisms. A few eukaryotes, notably the Bdelloid rotifers, have lost the ability to carry out meiosis and acquired the ability to reproduce by parthenogenesis. Meiosis does not occur in archaea or prokaryotes, which reproduce by asexual cell division processes. During meiosis, the genome of a diploid germ cell, which is composed of long segments of DNA called chromosomes, undergoes DNA replication followed by two rounds of division, resulting in haploid cells called gametes. Each gamete contains one complete set of chromosomes, or half of the genetic content of the original cell. These resultant haploid cells can fuse with other haploid cells of the opposite gender or mating type during fertilization to create a new diploid cell, or zygote. Thus, the division mechanism of meiosis is a reciprocal process to the joining of two genomes that occurs at fertilization. Because the chromosomes of each parent undergo genetic recombination during meiosis, each gamete, and thus each zygote, will have a unique genetic blueprint encoded in its DNA. In other words, meiosis is the process that produces genetic variation. Biochemically, meiosis uses some of the same mechanisms employed during mitosis to accomplish the redistribution of chromosomes. There are several features unique to meiosis, most importantly the pairing and recombination between homologous chromosomes, which enable them to separate from each other.
2016-04-02 01:15:49
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answered by Anonymous
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it involves mitosis
2014-01-20 06:51:32
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answered by ? 1
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