If Sexual Reproduction Is Favored in Species X (Which Can

question 24

Multiple Choice

If sexual reproduction is favored in Species X (which can reproduce both sexually and asexually) because it results in greater genetic diversity that facilitates resistance to pathogen Y, then one would predict that

• A) in the absence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would not be favored.
• B) in the absence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would be favored.
• C) in the presence of pathogen Y, self-fertilization would be favored.
• D) in the presence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would not be favored.

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