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Some disadvantages to reproducing sexually include;=*Two mates are needed==*Often when reproducing sexually it takes longer to reproduce X number of offspring in comparison to the time it would take to reproduce that same amount a-sexually. That it why bacteria can reproduce so quickly.==*Often pregnancy occurs when reproducing sexually and therefore it takes a longer time for the fetus in the case of a human to develope before it is born.=

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