telophase (the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle) Domain category: genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of meiosis): nondisjunction (meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells)
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction. While asexual reproduction only involves one organism, sexual reproduction requires both a male and a female. Some plants and unicellular organisms reproduce asexually. Most mammals and fish use sexual reproduction. Some organisms like corals and komodo dragons can reproduce either sexually or asexually.
Historical Examples. 1  The former is therefore an asexual development, while the latter is sexual. 2  As with the last division, the reproduction of the melanospores may be asexual or sexual. 3  The asexual part of the life-cycle was first described by Th. 4  There are two kinds of reproduction, the sexual and the asexual. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 Various This stolon is simply the stalk by which each median bud was primitively attached to the stolon of the first asexual form.