Answer:
For differences between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction refer.
Vegetative reproduction is considered as a type of asexual reproduction because here also characters of parent plants are preserved. Here propagation takes place where new individual arises from any vegetative part of the parent (root, stem, leaf etc.), and possesses exactly the same characteristics of the parent plant from which it was sampled. Moreover the formation of new individuals does not involve two parents, process involved is asexual.
Characters
Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
1. Number of parents involved
Always uniparental reproduction.
Generally biparental reproduction except Taenia, Fasciola.
2. Gametes
Not involved.
Involved.
3. Types of divisions involved
Only mitotic divisions.
Meiosis occurs at the time of gametogenesis. Mitosis occurs after fertilization.
4. Nature of cells involved
Somatic cells of the parent.
Germ cells of the parent.
5. Nature of daughters produced
Genetically similar to the parent.
Genetically different from the parent.
6. Rate of reproduction
Faster.
Slower.
7. Units of reproduction
Whole parent body or bud or body fragment.
Gametes.
8. Occurrence
Found in only lower invertebrates and lower chordates.
Found in higher plants and animals.
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