David brought home a leaf cutting from a plant. he potted the cutting, and it grew into a full plant. what can you conclude about the new plant? (a) it inherited chromosomes from two parents. (b) it’s genetically identical to the parent plant. (c) it was produced by sexual reproduction. (d) it has half the number of genes as its parent.

The correct answer is option B which is, "It’s genetically identical to the parent plant".

The offspring are produced from the leaf of a single plant which is a method of asexual reproduction.

While if the offspring is produced by the combination of two gametes then it will be sexual reproduction.

In the asexual reproduction, the genetic makeup of the offspring is totally identical to the parent and phenotype is also similar to the parent.

Hence option B is closely related to the given situation.

from the original order (top to bottom) the new order will go

1 (founder)

4 (hawk)

2 (mutate)

3 (next generation)