Define the different types of reproduction and list the advantages of each type of reproduction.

Asexual reproduction: only needs one parent and uses the process of mitosis to create identical copies (clones) of the parent cellSexual reproduction: two parents are needed in sexual reproduction and uses the process of meiosis to fuse the nuclei of male and female gametes to create a zygote.Advantages of sexual reproduction:Produces variation in the offspring, the species can adapt to new environments due to variation, which gives them a survival advantage, a disease is less likely to affect all the individuals in a population, humans can speed up natural selection through selective breeding, which can increase food productionThe advantages of asexual reproduction include: the population can increase rapidly when the conditions are favourable, only one parent is needed, it is more time and energy efficient as you don't need a mate, it is faster than sexual reproduction