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Sexual reproduction produces offspring with differences in DNA which can lead to mutations, often vital for a species survival....as compared to asexual producing clones of the parent. So lets say a disease hit a population of whatever it is, the clones would all be the same (obviously lol) and all die, compared to the population of sexually produced organisms which have differences in DNA and may have a imunity toward that disease and a few may survive and carry on that species.

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