Which of the Following Statements Is Correct in Comparing Sexual

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct in comparing sexual and asexual reproduction?

• A) Asexual reproduction, but not sexual reproduction, is characteristic of only plants and fungi.
• B) In sexual reproduction, individuals transmit half of their nuclear genes to each of their offspring.
• C) In asexual reproduction, offspring are produced by fertilization without meiosis.
• D) Asexual reproduction produces only haploid offspring.

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Definitions:

Median Number

Median number is the middle value in a list of numbers arranged in order, separating the higher half from the lower half of the dataset.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a dataset, calculated by adding up all the numbers in a dataset and dividing by the count of those numbers.

Median

The middle value in a dataset when it is ordered from smallest to largest, or the mean of the two middle values if the dataset has an even number of observations.

Distribution Shape

Refers to the geometric arrangement of data points in a distribution, common shapes include normal, skewed, or bimodal distributions.