Asexual and sexual reproduction in organisms

Integrated ScienceLife ProcessesAges 12–13

Play a four-step animation of one reproduction method: stem cutting, air layering, or budding in Hydra (asexual), or pollination – fertilization – seed and fruit formation in a flowering plant (sexual). Each round produces a generation of offspring, drawn with three gene pairs controlling flower color, leaf shape, and height. A comparison table counts how many offspring are identical to the mother plant and how many distinct genotypes appear, showing that asexual reproduction gives offspring identical to the parent while sexual reproduction creates varied offspring.