Strawberries can reproduce by means of runners, which are stems that grow horizontally along the ground. At a point where a runner touches the grounds a new plant can develop. Why are the new plants genetically identical to the parent plant?

Question 14 options:

The nuclei traveled to the new plant through the runner


The new plant was produced asexually


Other strawberry plants in the area fertilized the runner


All new cells came from the mutated parent cells