Asexual reproduction |
Sexual reproduction |
1. It is always uniparental |
1. It is usually biparental |
2. There is no formation and fusion of gametes. |
2. Formation and fusion of gametes take place. |
3. Only mitotic cell division takes place. |
3. It involves both meiosis and mitosis. |
4. Off springs are genetically identical to the parent. |
4. Off springs genetically differ from the parent. |
Vegetative reproduction involves single parent and its off springs are genetically identical hence it is considered as a type of asexual reproduction.