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List six specific characteristics of sexual reproduction.

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Specific characteristics of sexual reproduction are :
(i) Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes coming from both the parents.
(ii) In this, offsprings receive some genes from mother and some from the father.
(iii) The offsprings have genetic variation.
(iv) It leads to the continuous evolution of various species.
(v) It plays a prominent role in the origin of new species.
(vi) The sexual mode of reproduction incorporates process of combining DNA from two different individuals during reproduction.
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