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Why are organisms that reproduce sexually less likely to accumulate deleterious mutations ?

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Sexual mode of reproduction is considered to be better than the asexual mode of reproduction. This is because, in asexual reproduction, the only single parent gives rise to another offspring which is exactly similar to the parent as it passes its genetic material to the offspring.
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