Major difference in the offspring produced by asexual reproduction
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Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of the male and the female gamete of two individuals, typically one of each sex. Organisms undergoing this kind of reproduction produce offspring's that are not identical to them. Offsprings thus produced do not show variations and are called clones.
⇒ The term variation describes the difference in characteristics shown by organisms belonging to the same natural population or species.
The offspring produced by sexual reproduction different from parent individual due to the following reasons
⇒ In sexual reproduction, male and female gametes are formed by meiotic division which allows crossing over and recombination and this generates variation.
⇒ Two parents are involved who are different from each other. The fusion of their gametes would produce a distinct individual