Advantages and Disadvantages of Asexual and sexual reproduction

Question 1

What does sexual reproduction increase?

Answer 1

• Genetic diversity of a population by allowing for recombinant offspring

Question 2

What does sexual reproduction cost the male?

Answer 2

Progeny

Question 3

For sexual reproduction it takes… to find a mate

Answer 3

Time, energy and resources to attract a mate.

Question 4

Is it an advantage (Sexual reproduction) to improve disease resistance?

Answer 4

Yes (By promoting the presence of different alleles).

Question 5

True or false (Sexual Reproduction) there is not a risk of transferrable diseases associated with sexual intercourse?

Answer 5

False (There is).

Question 6

True or false Asexual reproduction, grows faster than sexually reproducing populations?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

(Asexual reproduction) Offspring are identical…

Answer 7

Clones to the parent. Important for organisms that have a phenotype adapted to a specific environment, which allows them to survive and thrive.

Question 8

Genetic diversity is ….. (Asexual reproduction)

Answer 8

Low

Question 9

Asexually reproducing populations may suffer during…

Answer 9

Rapid environmental change.

Question 10

Asexual reproduction, does not require an organism to find a…

Answer 10

mate, meaning the organism does not need to use time, energy/resources to find a mate.

Question 11

Requires very little parental…

Answer 11

investment