Biology Illinois Edition (Glencoe Science)
Biology Illinois Edition (Glencoe Science)
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ISBN: 9780078759864
Author: Alton Biggs
Publisher: MCG
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The correct term for production of offspring.

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Reproduction is an important life process for most of the living organisms by which they produce offspring but it is not an essential life process.

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Most living organisms reproduce and produce offspring. Reproduction is not an essential characteristic for the individual organisms. However, for the existence of a species the members of that species must reproduce and produce fertile offspring. If the individuals of a species do not reproduce, then the species become extinct after the death of its last individual.

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Thus, reproduction is a characteristic of life that enables a species to continue the race of that species.

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