Question

List six specific characteristics of sexual reproduction.

Answer 1

Six specific characteristics of sexual reproduction are as follows:

• Sexual reproduction requires two parents (male and female) to participate in the process.
  
• Gametes are formed by reductional division; thus, they contain only half the number of chromosomes from that of the parent.
  
• It involves the fusion of gametes during fertilisation that leads to zygote formation.
  
• It is also responsible for variation in the next generation.
  
• It maintains the number of chromosomes in a species.