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A vegetative offspring is
the descendant of individual organism that originates from mitotic,
rather than meiotic, cell lineages. A
clone. |
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Many animals, plants and fungi, produce
vegetative offspring, i.e. descendant individuals that originate
from mitotic, rather than meiotic, cell lineages. (e.g. Bacteria
normally reproduce by division to generate vegetative offspring)
Several plant species reproduce both sexually (by means of
seeds) and vegetatively (by means of vegetative offsprings) the
advantage of plants vegetative (clonal) offspring is that they
stay in the same habitat as the parent
ramet, the resources they
encounter are more predictable than those experienced by widely
dispersing seeds. In addition, clonal offspring may remain
connected with a parent, leaving open the possibility for
continued translocation. Vegetative offspring is less costly in
terms of energy for the parent plant, largely because the
ramets contribute to their
own production and are able to survive individually
Compare with: Offspring |
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