Question

An advantage of asexual reproduction is that it ________. An advantage of asexual reproduction is that it ________. allows the species to endure long periods of unstable environmental conditions enhances genetic variability in the species maintains successful genetic combinations without modification produces offspring that respond effectively to new pathogens allows a species to easily rid itself of harmful mutations.

Answer 1

An advantage of asexual reproduction is that it ________.

a) allows the species to endure long periods of unstable environmental conditions

b) enhances genetic variability in the species

c) maintains successful genetic combinations without modification

d) produces offspring that respond effectively to new pathogens

e) allows a species to easily rid itself of harmful mutations.

Answer:

c) maintains successful genetic combinations without modification

Explanation:

Asexual reproduction occurs as a process whereby a parent organism reproduces an offspring by itself. All the genes from the single parent organism are passed to the offspring. Asexual reproduction can be via spore formation as it is seen in some protozoans, Binary fission (in Amoeba proteus) etc. In Asexual reproduction there are no exchange of genetic information, therefore Asexual reproduction does not allow or give room for changes in numbers of chromosomes and as such they maintains successful genetic combinations without modification.