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Maybe, Have more sexual intercourse. fragmentation
Variation of a species can come about in many ways, but mutation is the major cause of variation in a species.
sexual reproduction and mutations provide variation among species
Yes. Sexual reproduction is more advantageous than asexual reproduction in a challenging environment since sexual reproduction introduces more variation in the offspring. In asexual reproduction, the variation in offspring is caused by mutations and they are rare and a large number of offspring will have to be produced to ensure enough offspring with beneficial mutations are born, and this is not always possible when resources are scarce. In sexual reproduction, variation is introduced by recombination in addition to mutation, and recombination (random crossover of chromosomes) happens in every time the organism reproduces to introduce variation that may not be present in the parents. The greater amount of variation increases the chance of having offspring that are adapted to the challenging environment.
An advantage of a sexual reproduction is that it is able to produce more offspring because of the mate. Children are different from the parents and more genetic variation species.
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It promotes genetic variation.
Maybe, Have more sexual intercourse. fragmentation
Variation of a species can come about in many ways, but mutation is the major cause of variation in a species.
It has adaptations
Sexual Reproduction Genetic mutation
It mixes the chromosomes of the two parents
Sexual reproduction leads to variety in offspring.
A fertilized egg has a mixture of alleles from the two parents.
It mixes the chromosomes of the two parents
A fertilized egg has a mixture of alleles from the two parents.
Sexual reproduction means there is much greater scope for genetic variation of offspring. Variation is good for any species as it is this variation that allows for adaption e.g. the variation might provide some individuals with resistance to a new disease that affects the species, hence those individuals survive and thrive.