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Discuss the advantages of sexual reproduction in plants over asexual reproduction.

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Explains why sexual reproduction is preferred over asexual reproduction in plants.

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While sexual reproduction is typically thought to occur in animals, some plants also experience sexual reproduction to a secondary degree. Plants have primary sexual characteristics as do animals and other eukaryotes. There is, therefore, some process of sexual reproduction in plants that is similar to that of animals. There are many advantages to sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction. Primarily, two parent cells ...

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