Question

List the basic features of reproduction.

Answer 1

Following are the characteristic features of reproduction:-

• Sexual reproduction requires two parents to produce offspring, while in asexual reproduction it requires only one parent to produce offspring.
• Sexual reproduction involves fusion of gametes. Asexual reproduction do not involve fusion of gametes.
• In asexual reproduction, the new individual produced are exact copies of their parents that is there is no or little variations. But in sexual reproduction, variations do occur because a copy of chromosomes passed from both parents to the offsprings.