List six specific characteristics of sexual reproduction.

Six specific characteristics of sexual reproduction are as follows:

Sexual reproduction requires two parents (male and female) to participate in the process.

Gametes are formed by reductional division; thus, they contain only half the number of chromosomes from that of the parent.

It involves the fusion of gametes during fertilisation that leads to zygote formation.

It is also responsible for variation in the next generation.

It maintains the number of chromosomes in a species.