Question

Assertion (A) : When a bacterium divides into two, and the resultant two bacteria divide again, the four bacteria produced would be almost similar. Reason (R) : DNA copying involves small inaccuracies in the reproduction process.

Plants that reproduce through asexual reproduction give rise to similar and not identical offsprings. What could be the most likely reason for the above statement to be true?

A new sugarcane plant is genetically the same as the parent plant, but a child of human parents is genetically not the same as its parents. Explain why.

Explain how the original number of chromosomes present in the parents are restored in the progeny. Name the cell division by which chromosome number is maintained in the progeny.