Question

List 6 characteristics of sexual reproduction

Answer 1

Characteristics of Sexual Reproduction:

(i) It is usually biparental.

(ii) Gametes are always formed,

(iii) Fertilization takes place,

(iv) It involves both meiosis and mitosis,

(v) Daughter organisms genetically differ from the parents,

(vi) Multiplication is not so rapid as in asexual reproduction.

Answer 2

Answer :-

The six main characteristics of sexual reproduction are as follows :-

• In sexual reproduction, two individuals of opposite gender are involved in the process.

• In sexual reproduction, the testes in males produce the male gametes (sperms) and the ovaries in females produce the female gametes (ova).

• The Gametes produced, are formed by meiosis (reduction division).

• The gametes involved in sexual reproduction, are haploid in nature.

• Sexual reproduction involves slow multiplication.

• In sexual reproduction, variations appear due to new combinations of genes during the process of cross over.

Some other characteristics of sexual reproduction are as follows :-

• In sexual reproduction, sperms are motile and they move towards the ovum for fertilising it.

• In sexual reproduction, sperms and ova on coming in contact with each other, fuse together to form a Zygote.

• In sexual reproduction, the daughter organisms / progeny differ genetically from the parent organisms.