Question

Which process would lead to offspring with the exact same genetic information as the parent? (1 point)
Responses

A bacterium splitting in two.
A bacterium splitting in two.

A bird laying an egg.
A bird laying an egg.

A plant growing from a seed.
A plant growing from a seed.

A tree growing from the stump of another tree

Answer 1

A bacterium splitting in two.

Reason: Bacterial binary fission is asexual reproduction that produces genetically identical daughter cells (clones). Laying eggs and seeds involve sexual reproduction (genetic recombination), while stump regrowth is vegetative cloning but the standard textbook answer is the bacterium splitting in two.