Choose the INCORRECT statement regarding the sexual reproduction .

Formation of clones takes place.

The correct answer is Option (2)- Formation of clones takes place.

Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes (Option 1), with two parents from opposite sexes contributing genetic material (Option 3). This mixing of genes creates offspring that are genetically different from both parents, unlike asexual reproduction which results in clones (genetically identical offspring).

Clones are a result of asexual reproduction. In this offspring is produced by a single parent with or without the involvement of gamete formation, so single individual or parent is capable of producing offspring. As a result, the offspring that are produced are not only identical to one another but are also exact copies of their parent, so the term clone is used to describe such morphologically and genetically similar individuals.