The type of asexual reproduction that produces two identical cells is called binary fission. In binary fission, a single parent cell duplicates its genetic material and then divides into two equal-sized daughter cells, each genetically identical to the parent cell. This process is common in prokaryotes like bacteria and some single-celled eukaryotes. Another similar process that produces identical cells is mitosis , where a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells with the same genetic information. Both binary fission and mitosis result in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent cell.