more on reproduction

• offspring from sexual reproduction have a mixture of two sets of chromosomes.
• organisms produced through sexual reproduction inherit genes from both parents, which produces variation in the offspring
• variation increases the chance of a species surviving a change in the environment
• individuals with characteristics that make them better adapted to the environment have a better chance of survival, and more likely to breed succesfully passing the genes for those characteristics on
• selective breeding can be done to speed up natural selection
• asexual reproduction only requires one parent
• asexual reproduction uses less energy than sexual reproduction
• asexual reproduction is faster than sexual reproduction
• some organisms can reproduce sexually or asexually depending on circumstances