AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The advantages of sexual reproduction: produces genetic variation in the offspring. the species can adapt to new environments due to variation, which gives them a survival advantage. a disease is less likely to affect all the individuals in a population.

Detailed explanation-2: -In sexual reproduction both parents are involved hence offspring get attributes of both parents. Organisms produced by sexual reproduction have a greater survival rate as compared to asexual reproduction as organisms have variation which is adapted to various environments.

Detailed explanation-3: -There is very little chance of variation with asexual reproduction. Mutations in DNA can still occur but not nearly as frequently as in sexual reproduction. Sexual reproduction leads to genetic variation in new generations of offspring. This is fundamental to evolution.