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# Asexual Reproduction **Animals** * Offspring comes from a single parent. * Has an exact copy of the genes ("clone") * Does not involve the union of gametes (sperm cell and egg cell). * Offspring are similar or identical to the parent, without the mate. * Very common in plants, less common in ani...

# Asexual Reproduction **Animals** * Offspring comes from a single parent. * Has an exact copy of the genes ("clone") * Does not involve the union of gametes (sperm cell and egg cell). * Offspring are similar or identical to the parent, without the mate. * Very common in plants, less common in animals. **Budding (Blastogenesis)** * New organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at a particular site. * Bud forms as a small group of cells on the side of the parent. # Kingdom of Fungi **Fungi** * Heterotrophs that obtain nourishment by absorbing small food molecules. **Phylum Zygomycota** * *Rhizopus* (common bread mold) is an example. * Mold can reproduce asexually by releasing spores from the sporangia. **Phylum Basidiomycota** * Mushrooms are a class of fungi. * Important because many are edible. **Phylum Ascomycota**