Answer:
diluted genetic investment in offspring.
Explanation:
Reproduction can be defined as a biological process which typically involves living organisms producing an offspring.
Basically, there are two (2) methods of reproduction and these are;
I. Asexual reproduction: it involves the cloning of a living organism to produce an offspring because there is only a single parent.
II. Sexual reproduction: it involves the combination of the genome (gamete) of a male and female living organism during fertilization.
Generally, asexual reproduction produces more reproductive offsprings than sexual reproduction, this is referred to as a reproductive handicap.
Hence, the reproductive handicap for sexual reproduction refers to diluted genetic investment in offspring.
This ultimately implies that, the sexually reproducing female would have a 50% genetic material passed to its female and male offspring.
However, sexually reproducing female has 100% transfer of her genetic materials through asexual reproduction.
