The differences between asexual and sexual reproduction are mentioned below

Asexual reproduction occurs usually in unicellular organisms, such as monerans and protists and in plants and certain animals, It takes place in the following ways

(i) Binary Fission In this type of asexual reproduction, the parent organism divides into two halves, each half forming an independent daughter organism.
e.g., Amoeba, Euglena, Paramecium.

(ii) Budding In this type of asexual reproduction, a daughter individual is formed from a small projection, the bud, arising from the parent body. e.g., yeast, Hydra.

(iii) Fragmentation In this type of asexual reproduction, the parent body breaks into two or more fragments. Each body fragment develops into an organism. e.g., sponges, Selaginella.

(iv) Gemmule in this type of asexual reproduction, internal buds, called gemmules are involved. Gemmules are asexually reproduced mass of cells, that is capable of developing into a new organism. e.g., sponges.

(v) Sporulation in this type of asexual reproduction, dispersive structures called spores are released from the parent body that germinates under favorable conditions from new individuals.

(a) Motile spores are called zoospores and are found in aquatic animals. e.g., Albugo. Chlamydomonas.

(b) Non-motile spores are named as sporangiospores (e.g., Rhizopus, Mucor) and conidia e.g., Penicillium.