Sarah McGeehan
Reproduction Essay Questions:
1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction for
the species that practice them. Use specific examples for each method of
reproduction to support your ideas.
The advantages of sexual reproduction is that the organism has a mate, so it does
not have to reproduce by itself. An advantage of asexual reproduction is that it is
rapid reproduction, the organism makes an exact copy of itself, and does not
need to find a mate to reproduce. The disadvantages of asexual reproduction are
the offspring gets genes from both parents, The risk of catching disease during the
process of reproduction is greater. The disadvantages of sexual reproduction are
that the organism that is reproducing may have a disease and that will be passed
on to the offspring, and since there is only 1 parent, if they have something like
“bad health” the offspring automatically receives that gene because they don’t
have any other traits.
2.
Explain in what ways you think offspring born from one parent might differ from those
born from two parents. Use specific examples to support your ideas.
An offspring born from one parent can differ those born by two in many
ways. For example, an organism born by two parents receive some of each of the
parents traits. An offspring born by one parent only receives the traits given to
them by the one organism (parent). In some cases if a (1) parent has a disease, its
offspring will most likely be born with that same disease. I think the chance of
disease is greater during asexual reproduction.