Which of the following statements are correct regarding sexual reproduction?

Offsprings are always identical to parents

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All the variations are useful for an organism to survive

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Offsprings show some variation from the parents

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Reproduction ensures continuity of species

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C Offsprings show some variation from the parents
D Reproduction ensures continuity of species
Sexual reproduction involves formation and fusion of gametes. Offsprings produced as a result of sexual reproduction are not identical to the parents due to mixing of genes. They may show large number of variations. Not all the variations are useful to the organism. Variations which ensure survival of the organism have high chances to be passed on to the next generation. Reproduction is a biological process in which organism produces young ones. The young ones grow and mature to repeat the process. Hence, reproduction ensures continuity of species.

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Q. Statement 1: All the variations in a species have equal chances of survival.

Statement 2: In asexually reproducing organisms minimum variations are present.

Which of the following statement is incorrect with respect to variations?
(a) all variations in a species have an equal chance of survival
(b) change in genetic composition results in variations
(c) selection of variations by environmental factors torus the basis of the evolutionary process
(d) variations are the minimum in asexual reproduction

Differences between organisms in a species are described as variation. Which of the following would you describe as a continuous variation?

Characterstics that are transmitted from parents to offsprings during sexual reproduction show :

(a) only similarities with parents

(b) only variations with parents

(d) neither similarities nor variations with parents

Q. Elaborate-Variations are beneficial to the species but not to the organisms.

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