Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

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  • What are the offspring advantages of Sexual reproduction ?
    1 - It produces variation in offspring , 2 - which means that if the environment changes , some offspring can survive
  • What are the food advantages of sexual reproduction?
    Humans can selectively breed plants and animals , so can increase food production
  • What are the time advantages of asexual reproduction?
    Only one parent is needed, so time is not wasted finding a mate. Asexual reproduction is faster than sexual reproduction
  • What are the offspring advantages of Asexual reproduction?
    When conditions are favourable, many genetically identical offspring can be produced
  • How can certain plants reproduce sexually and asexually?
    Some plants produce seeds by sexual reproduction and can reproduce asexually with bulbs and/or runners
  • How can certain fungi reproduce sexually and asexually?
    Many fungi can make spores by sexual or asexual reproduction
  • How can malaria parasites reproduce sexually and asexually?
    They reproduce sexually in the mosquito and asexually in humans