How do the results of sexual reproduction differ from asexual reproduction?

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In asexual reproduction, a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells. Each daughter cell has the same number of chromosomes as the original parent cell. Mitosis and binary fission are the two types of asexual reproduction.
Sexual reproduction is different from asexual reproduction. In sexual reproduction, two cells contribute genetic material resulting in much greater variation. These two cells find and fertilize each other randomly, making it impossible for cells to be alike. The process that determines how reproductive cells (sex cells) divide in sexually reproducing organisms is called meiosis.
Meiosis is called reduction division because the number of chromosomes is reduced by half (from the diploid number of chromosomes to the haploid number of chromosomes).

How Do the Results of Sexual Reproduction Differ from Asexual