Asexual reproduction produces genetically identical individuals because
A) chromosomes do not have to replicate during asexual reproduction.
B) it involves chromosome replication without cytokinesis.
C) no meiosis or fertilization take place.
D) cell division occurs only in meiosis.
E) the mitotic spindle prevents nondisjunction.

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Asexual reproduction involves only one parent and does not involve meiosis or fertilization, which are processes that introduce genetic variability into offspring. Therefore, the offspring are genetically identical to the parent.

Asexual Reproduction Produces Genetically Identical Individuals Because