Question

What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

Answer 1

Sexual reproduction:

1. Sexual reproduction is a process of the formation of offspring by the fusion of male and female haploid gametes.
2. Haploid sperm from male fuses with the haploid egg of the female to form a diploid zygote.
3. The cell division involved in this process is meiosis.
4. The haploid organisms produce a diploid zygote.

Asexual reproduction:

1. Asexual reproduction is a process of the formation of new organisms without the involvement of the gametes.
2. The cell from the organisms undergoes mitotic division to produce the same ploidy of cells.
3. The number of chromosomes of the mother cell and the daughter cell formed are the same.

Advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction:

1. Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of two different chromosomes and hence diverse organisms are produced.
2. As new species is produced by fusion of gametes, it possesses both characteristics of male and female.
3. The diverse organisms produced by sexual reproduction have a better survival rate than the original species.
4. Evolution can be possible in sexually reproduced species.