Q.Assertion (A) : In nature many organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction. Reason (R) : By this process, genetically identical individuals are produced.

Asexual reproduction genuinely produces clones because it relies on mitotic division from a single parent with no genetic recombination -- making both the Assertion and its explanatory Reason true.

Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction in which a single parent produces offspring without the fusion of gametes, through mechanisms such as budding (Hydra, yeast), binary fission (Amoeba, Paramecium), fragmentation (Planaria) or vegetative propagation in plants. Because these offspring arise purely through mitotic cell divisions of the parent's own cells, there is no opportunity for genetic recombination or the mixing of genetic material from two parents (as happens in sexual reproduction via meiosis and fertilisation). As a result, the offspring produced are genetically identical to the parent organism and to one another -- by definiti …