Organisms that reproduce asexually usually do so by a form of cell division called?

Question

1) meiosis

2) mitosis

3) gamete formation

4) sperm formation

Answer 1

They do so by 2) Mitosis.

Answer 2

None of the above.  The correct answer is "binary fission."  This is the way prokaryotes reproduce, and prokaryotes outnumber eukaryotes.

In eukaryotes, the answer would be "mitotic cell division."  Answer 2 is pretty close to that.

Answer 3

2) mitosis.

Gamete formation, sperm formation all occur via meiosis, which results in cells having half the number of chromosomes originally. These need to under fertilization with another gamete (s*x cell) to obtain the original number of chromosomes.

Answer 4

2) mitosis