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To explain: Evolution of anisogamy from the ancestor having equal-sized gametes.
Introduction: Anisogamy is an act of an organism by virtue of which it produces gametes of different size, resulting in the formation of dimorphic gametes. The male gamete is often small sized, motile gamete, but egg or ovum of the female consists of large cells having abundant yolk for the survival and development of the zygote.
To explain: Factors leading to divergence of gametes with a population
Introduction: Divergence of gametes leads to anisogamy. Anisogamy is an act of an organism by virtue of which it produces gametes of different size, resulting in the formation of dimorphic gametes. The male gamete is often small sized, motile gamete, but egg or ovum of female consists of large cells having abundant yolk for the survival and development of the zygote.
To explain: The female belonging to two different distant related lineages is homologous.
Introduction: Sexually reproducing animals have the ability to adapt to the environment and produce variations within the species. These variations are generally positive and sometimes neutral and have to face natural selection to retain in the gene pool of species. After passage of time, slowly variation results in speciation.
To explain: How many times might the sex roles have evolved.
Introduction: Sexually reproducing animals have the ability to adapt to the environment and produce variations within the species. These variations are generally positive and sometimes neutral and have to face natural selection to retain in the gene pool of species. After a passage of time, slowly variation results in speciation.

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