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777dan777 [17]
3 years ago
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Why does sexual reproduction result in more genetic variation than asexual reproduction?

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1 answer:
LuckyWell [14K]3 years ago
3 0
Sexual reproduction<span> provides </span>genetic diversity<span> because the sperm and egg that are produced contain different combinations of </span>genes than<span> the parent organisms. ... Each resulting cell, or gamete, resulting from meiosis has only half the amount of DNA as the parent cell.</span>
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