How does asexual reproduction help the survival of a species? Asexual reproduction combines the strong, useful genes of both parents. Asexual reproduction may result in many offspring with the same strong useful characteristics as the parent. b. d. Asexual reproduction results in fewer offspring and thereby guarantees that their harmful, deadly genes cannot be passed on to the next generation. Asexual reproduction allows a species to continue to reproduce, thus eliminating harmful characteristics.​