Reproduction of new individuals contributing to the increase in the number of species is called?

This is called breeding. Reproduction is one of the most important functions of any organism. There are two types of self-reproduction of the body: sexual and asexual. Sexual reproduction requires two organisms of different sexes. In asexual – the organism reproduces offspring itself. At the same time, the genetic information in the parent organism and offspring will be identical, since it does not change and does not mix with other genetic materials of other organisms. Sexual reproduction creates new and unique organisms with their own sets of genes.