Where does an offspring get its traits in asexual reproduction?

There are no traits handed down

The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are?

Like a combination from both parents

Which of the following would produce the most variety offspring when compared to the parent organism?

A bee that cross-pollinates flowers in several fields.

Cutting a portion of a potato that contains an eye or bud and planting it in a vegetable garden.

Yeast producing a bud that falls off and forms an offspring yeast.

A starfish regenerating a new limb.

Which of these occurs in asexual reproduction but not in sexual reproduction?

An offspring inherits a set of traits identical to the parents

Genes carry genetic information

The genetic information from two organisms combines

What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

Offspring are exact copies of parent

1. Asexual Reproduction

b. reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells

a. reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring

Why does sexual reproduction result in more genetic diversity than asexual reproduction?

Traits from two parents are combined.

More organisms reproduce this way.

Offspring grow in different environments.

Offspring come from identical parents.

When an egg and sperm form an embryo, the offspring that is formed will have genetic traits that are

inherited from only one parent.

Reproduction

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2 parents needed.

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one parent needed.

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more genetic diversity among offspring.

sexual

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offspring are identical to the parent.

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occurs in more simple organisms.

sexual

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occurs in more complex organisms.

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