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What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

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Advantages of sexual reproduction :
Sexual reproduction has a dual significance for the species.
1. It results in multiplication and perpetuation of the species.
2. It contributes to evolution of the species by introducing variations in a population much more rapidly than asexual reproduction.
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