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Asexual reproduction

(Science: biology, microbiology) reproduction in which an organism produces one or more clones of itself, such as by fission or budding. Reproduction without the fusion of gametes.Asexual reproduction results in the creation of offspring without the need for specialised gametes (male and female) to fuse into a zygote. This means that a species which undergoes asexual reproduction may be isolated in an environment but still capable of reproducing. On the other hand, producing offspring from its own dna results in a clone of itself, and therefore does not increase genetic variation in the species as a whole.