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Which type of reproduction results in the greatest amount of genetic variation?
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∙ 12y ago
That would be sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction allows for independent assortment and crossing over to occur. This is fancy language for the genetic material gets mixed up a lot. Since the genetic material gets mixed up, variation will result.
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What results in the most diverse offspring?
Sexual reproduction leads to variety in offspring.
Asexual reproduction results in what?
What is the advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction in organisms?
IN SEXUAL REPRODUCTIONoffspring are produced by fusion of two different sex cells and they form a cell called zygote so there is transfer of different genes to the offspringwhich results in differentiation or it enables us differentiate among us while in asexual reproduction daughters are produced by a small part like cutting, grafting, etc and in animal like budding, binary fusion so it is not easy to differentiate.
What are the 3 ingredients for natural selection to occur?
Genetic variation that can be acted on by environmental pressure. Reproductive population that results in more organisms than can be supported by the ecosystem resulting in competition for limited resources, the ability of the organism to transmit genetic information to the next generation.
What is an advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
Aside from fun, sex is good for introducing variability. Asexual, clonal, reproduction leads to exact copies of the parent. If the environment was always exactly the same, and if there were not pathogens trying to overcome the defenses of organisms, that might work out very well, and be very efficient. However, the creation of new combinations of genes that results from sexual reproduction results in novel forms, that may be more adapted to the unpredictable future, and may not be as susceptible to those pathogens that have come up with a way to attack other members of the species.
What results in the most diverse offspring?
Sexual reproduction leads to variety in offspring.
Which type of reproduction sexual or asexual results in offspring with greater gentic variation?
Sexual reproduction results in a greater variety of inherited traits because it combines genes from two different individuals. Asexual reproduction is simply a copy of an organism's genetic material so that it is a 100% match. Sexual reproduction combines different gene pools as well to create more diversity.
Does sexual reproduction result in more genetic variation in a species than asexual reproduction?
Asexual reproduction results in offspring which are genetically the same as the parent organism (not counting a rare mutation). Sexual reproduction produces a random mixture of the genetics derived from both parents.In sexual reproduction, offspring are not identical to either parent.
Do Organisms produced as a result of binary fission exhibit a great deal of genetic variation?
No. Binary fission is cloning and the genetic diversity that results from this is nil. Excepting the occasional copying errors we cal mutations, but nowhere near the genetic diversity given by sexual reproduction and genetic recombination.
How does a sexual life cycle increase genetic variation?
Well, if an organism reproduces asexually then it only has the genetic information from itself to use in creating a new organism. With sexual reproduction, the organism has the genetic information from more than one organism to use, which produces more varied organisms, and it becomes more varied the more different genetic information is used over generations.
What is the definition for reproduction?
Sexual reproduction is the production of an offspring that results when the genetic materials from two different cells combine.
Are punnett squares used to show the results of sexual or asexual reproduction?
Sexually because of the genetic variation between parents. Asexuals can't really use punnett squares because only one parent is there and no variation really occurs except through mutations.
Asexual reproduction results in what?
Results in new cells that have complete sets of genetic material?
sexual reproduction and mitosis =}
What is the reassortment of genetic information which results in variation among organisms called what?
i believe it is crossing over
What is the reassortment of genetic information which results in variation among organisms called?
i believe it is crossing over
What is the important event during meiosis that results in genetic variation?
Crossing-Over
