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Certain Primitive Animals are Capable of Reproducing Asexually

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      Bernard Nebel
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       Many simple, primitive animals also reproduce asexually. For example, the common freshwater pond creature called hydra reproduces by a process called budding as shown in the following video.

      Note that only cell division by mitosis is involved in this process. Therefore, the offspring is genetically identical to its parent

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