Uses of Asexual Reproduction
Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.1.2
Uses of Asexual Reproduction
Asexual reproduction makes new plants with identical genetic information.
Runners and tubers
- Runners and tubers branch off to form new plants by asexual reproduction.
- Example: Runners in strawberries.
- Example: Tubers in potatoes.
Uses of asexual reproduction
- Humans use the ability of plants to reproduce asexually by taking cuttings to grow clones of parent plants.
Test yourself on Uses of Asexual Reproduction
What process do humans use to grow clones of parent plants?
What is correct about the genetic information of plants produced by asexual reproduction?
Cuttings are based on which type of plant reproduction?
What does asexual reproduction in plants produce?
Which of these structures takes part in the asexual reproduction of potatoes?