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What is clone ?Why clone are not produced during sexual reproduction?

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Clones are the product of a process called cloning.
Cloning produces genetical identical individuals of an organism either naturally or artificially.
Many organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction.
Clones are not formed by sexual reproduction as variation are seen in sexual reproduction.

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