What is the advantage of sexual reproduction for many species?

• Sexual reproduction produces genetic variation in the offspring which increases the survival chances of an organism

Explanation:

One main advantage of sexual reproduction in species is the increase in genetic variation which refers to the diversity in gene frequencies. Sexual reproduction produces individuals that are different from their parents from one generation to another. Individuals in a species have similar characteristics but they are usually not identical to each other. One cause of genetic variation is recombination that occurs between homologous chromosomes during meiosis. During recombination, different segments of homologous chromosomes are shared.