What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction ?

Explanation

The advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction are as follows :
(1) Sexual reproduction involves fusion of male and female gametes from male and female parents to form zygote. Thus, new generation shows variation as DNA copies from two different individuals are received.
(2) Sexual reproduction involves gamete formation. During male and female gamete formation, meiosis takes place. New comblination of genes occur during meiosis. This also leads to variation. Combining variation from two individuals would create new combination of variants.
(3) Sexual reproduction create variation generation after generation, which is useful for survival of species over time.
(4) The inbuilt tendency for variation during sexual reproduction is the basis for evolution.