NGSS · Life Science · Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

MS-LS3-2 Genetics: Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.

Kentucky 8-LS3-2 uses the same wording.

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