Chapter 37, Problem 14TYU

Summary Introduction

To determine: Whether it is more likely that offspring of asexual reproduction develops in close proximity to or widely dispersed from the parent plant and to test the hypothesis.

Concept introduction: Asexual reproduction is a common mode of reproduction found in plants in which a single parent can give rise to the offspring. In such mode of reproduction, a part of the plant becomes separated from the parent plant and grows into a genetically identical plant through mitosis.