Extra Credit: Bubbles and Patrick the Star Comic Strip

Hey Patrick, how do you have offspring?

Bubbles, unlike you who reproduces thorugh sexual reproduction, I reproduce through asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction is when one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring. Some examples are budding, fission, or spore formation. I reproduce with binary fission and regeneration, which divides exactly into two genetically identical daughter cells, which is my offspring.

Ewww, Patrick! That sounds like it hurts, what are even the benefits of reproducing asexually?

Really, you think it would hurt, think about it this way, all of us organisms that reproduce asexually produce more offspring in a faster amount of time which increases the more of our population faster.Think about it.... MORE PATRICKS!

And for us asexual organisms, you just need one parent to produce an offspring. That means my offspring gets 100% of my genetic material, so we're identical. Like a clone of me.

Patrick, I think we're better because we can have different offspring that doesn't look exactly the same. I don't think I can handle everyone looking the same.

Whatever!! “You cannot stop the unstoppable.” I reproduce asexually and that means more Patricks!"

Patrick, what is asexual reproduction?

Hey Bubbles!

Hey Patrick, how do you have offspring?

Bubbles, unlike you who reproduces thorugh sexual reproduction, I reproduce through asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction is when one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring. Some examples are budding, fission, or spore formation. I reproduce with binary fission and regeneration, which divides exactly into two genetically identical daughter cells, which is my offspring.

Ewww, Patrick! That sounds like it hurts, what are even the benefits of reproducing asexually?

Really, you think it would hurt, think about it this way, all of us organisms that reproduce asexually produce more offspring in a faster amount of time which increases the more of our population faster.Think about it.... MORE PATRICKS!

And for us asexual organisms, you just need one parent to produce an offspring. That means my offspring gets 100% of my genetic material, so we're identical. Like a clone of me.

Patrick, I think we're better because we can have different offspring that doesn't look exactly the same. I don't think I can handle everyone looking the same.

Whatever!! “You cannot stop the unstoppable.” I reproduce asexually and that means more Patricks!"

Patrick, what is asexual reproduction?

Hey Bubbles!

Hey Patrick, how do you have offspring?

Bubbles, unlike you who reproduces thorugh sexual reproduction, I reproduce through asexual reproduction.

Asexual reproduction is when one parent copies itself to form a genetically identical offspring. Some examples are budding, fission, or spore formation. I reproduce with binary fission and regeneration, which divides exactly into two genetically identical daughter cells, which is my offspring.