Upwelling is a process in which cold water from depths arise to the surface,
it's important because :
- It bring a lot of nutrients to the surface of the ocean
- It maintain the temperature of the ocean
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Technically, it would create an identical copy of the parent cell, but with the answers you gave me, I would have to say the first response. Sexual reproduction provides half the genetic information, a half from one parent and a half from the other.
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