'Regeneration is not reproduction'. Justify this statement with reason.

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(N/A) Regeneration is the ability of an organism to regrow lost or damaged body parts from specialized cells.
However,it is not considered a true form of reproduction because:
$1$. Reproduction is a process intended to produce new individuals of the same species,whereas regeneration is primarily a mechanism for repair or replacement of lost tissues.
$2$. Most organisms do not possess the ability to grow into a complete new organism from a small cut piece.
$3$. Only specific organisms like $Hydra$ or $Planaria$ exhibit this,but for the vast majority of complex organisms,regeneration is limited to healing wounds rather than creating offspring.

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