List the basic features of reproduction.
Following are the characteristic features of reproduction:-
- Sexual reproduction requires two parents to produce offspring, while in asexual reproduction it requires only one parent to produce offspring.
- Sexual reproduction involves fusion of gametes. Asexual reproduction do not involve fusion of gametes.
- In asexual reproduction, the new individual produced are exact copies of their parents that is there is no or little variations. But in sexual reproduction, variations do occur because a copy of chromosomes passed from both parents to the offsprings.