Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305389892
Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.

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Reproduction is the process of generating new species of an individual. There are two modes of reproduction in animal kingdom, namely, asexual and sexual reproduction. Asexual mode of reproduction takes place without the fusion of gametes (eggs and sperms). Sexual reproduction takes places through the union of gametes.

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