Offsprings produced by asexual reproduction are referred to as clones. Why?

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Morphologically and genetically identical individual are referred as clones. In asexual reproduction, there is no fusion fusion between male and the female gamete. As a result the offspring produced by them are genetically and morphologically identical to the parent.
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