Question

Why does sexual reproduction produce offspring with characteristics that are different from their parents, whereas offspring produced through asexual reproduction are identical to their parents?
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Answer 1

Answer:

During sexual reproduction the genetic material of two individuals is combined to produce genetically diverse offspring that differ from their parents. This means that the sexual reproduction produced offspring will have characteristics that match with both their parents.Thus they are different from their parents.

But in offspring produced through asexual reproduction it is the opposite. They come from only one parent and have only one  genetic material. Therefore they have the characteristics of only one parent thus they are same are their parent.