A couple of years later, Pando grew mature enough to reproduce asexually.

几年后，潘多生长成熟，足以进行无性繁殖。

First, some organisms reproduce asexually, so they don't need other organisms to produce offspring.

首先，有些生物是无性繁殖的，所以它们不需要其他生物来繁殖后代。

Which brings up the question why do animals reproduce asexually?

这就引出了一个问题：为什么动物会进行无性繁殖？

So why doesn't every species, including humans, reproduce asexually?

那么为什么不是每个物种，包括人类，都进行无性繁殖呢？

And this is because these lady lizards reproduce asexually, creating offspring that are genetic copies of themselves.

这是因为这些雌性蜥蜴进行无性繁殖，产生的后代是它们自身的基因副本。

In fact, these little ladies reproduce asexually, laying eggs that hatch into the next generation of self-propagating rotifers.

霍普金：事实上，这些小雌性进行无性繁殖，产卵孵化出下一代的自繁殖轮虫。

Almost all jellyfish species have evolved to reproduce both sexually and asexually, allowing them to increase their numbers with or without a partner.

几乎所有种类的水母都进化成有性繁殖和无性繁殖，这使得它们在有无伴侣的情况下都能繁殖。

Corals are really special because they reproduce sexually, but also they actually naturally fragment and so they are asexually able to also reproduce.

珊瑚非常特别，因为它们可以有性繁殖，但实际上它们也会自然分裂，因此它们也能够无性繁殖。

Assuming there is no back mutation, if that species reproduces asexually, there is no way that that mutation can be removed.

假设没有回复突变， 如果该物种无性繁殖，则无法消除该突变。

I mean, if your goal is to have offspring that carry on your genes, if you reproduce asexually, your offspring is 100% you.

我的意思是， 如果你的目标是让后代携带你的基因， 如果你进行无性繁殖，你的后代 100% 就是你。