Question

An advantage of sexual reproduction is that the sorting and recombining of genes during meiosis and fertilization usually leads to the production of which of the following?


zygotes with the genetic information to produce only males


gametes with additional copies of the same chromosome


embryos with traits identical to those of all other members of the species


offspring with some traits that did not appear in their parents

Answer 1

An advantage of sexual reproduction is that the sorting and recombining of genes during meiosis and fertilization usually leads to the production of **offspring with some traits that did not appear in their parents**. This genetic diversity is beneficial for the adaptation and evolution of the species.