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Is it possible to consider vegetative propagation observed in certain plants like Bryophyllum, water hyacinth, ginger etc., as a type of asexual reproduction? Give two/three reasons.

Vegetative reproduction is a type of asexual reproduction because:

1. It involves only one parent.


2. No gamete formation takes place.


3. The off spring has the same genetic composition as the parent.


4. Only mitotic division takes place in this reproduction.


5. Clone formation takes place.


These evidences prove vegetative reproduction is a type of asexual reproduction.


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