The Advantages and
disadvantages of Sexual
and Asexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
The production of offspring from one parent
that includes identical DNA
Examples: Bacteria, Plants: potatoes, animals:
whiptail lizards.
Advantages of Asexual
Reproduction
•
One parent is needed
•
high success rate
•
takes short amount of time
•
energy not needed to search for mate
•
energy not needed to produce sex cells
Disadvantages of Asexual
Reproduction
•
less likely to produce new species
•
diseases and bad qualities passed down
•
lower genetic variety
•
more susceptible to diseases
Sexual Reproduction
The fusing of two gametes, or sex cells, from
each parent to produce the offspring.
Examples: Many types of animals including
Humans and Dogs. Many types of plants
including Trees and Flowering Plants.
Advantages of Sexual
Reproduction
•
Creates new organism not a copy
•
new organism has different traits
•
more likely to adapt
•
more likely to produce a new species
•
more disease resistant
Disadvantages of Sexual
Reproduction
•
Only females are capable of gestation
•
have to spend energy to find mate
•
have to spend energy to produce sex cells
•
Lower chance of fertilization and producing new
offspring.
Red Queen Hypothesis
• Now,
here, you see, it
takes all the running
you can do, to keep in
the same place.