Reproduction is the process of production of progeny by sexual or asexual means and ensures continuity of species despite mortality caused by biotic (competition, predation etc.) and abiotic factors (natural calamities). It helps to create recombination by the process of meiosis. It is a source of genetic recombination.

𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝐴𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒-𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑏 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝐼𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐼𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠.

𝑆𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑥 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑥 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑔𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑥 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙.

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