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To determine: The proposed evolutionary benefit of sexual reproduction.

Introduction: The two different modes of reproduction are sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction involves the production of offspring with genes inherited from a single parent. The offspring is genotypically similar to the parent organism. Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of two haploid gametes to form a diploid zygote. Both the haploid gametes are from two different parents and the offspring is not an exact copy of any one parent.

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