Q57Short answer
Reproduction is essentially a phenomenon that is not for survival of an individual but for the stability of a species. Justify.
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Hints— (a) Organisms need energy for survival which they obtain from life processes such as nutrition and respiration. (b) Reproduction needs a lot of energy. (c) Genetic material is transferred from one generation to the next as a result of reproduction through DNA copying. (d) DNA copying takes place with high constancy and considerable variations, that is, advantages to the species for stability in the changing environment.