Why asexual reproduction is sometimes disadvantageous?

It allows an animal to produce many offspring quickly.

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It saves the time and energy of gamete production.

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It produces genetically uniform populations.

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It allows animals which do not move around to produce offspring without finding mates.

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Solution

The correct option is C
It produces genetically uniform populations.

Asexual reproduction produces genetically uniform populations. It does not result in variation, which is a key for the mechanism of evolution.

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Why asexual reproduction is sometimes disadvantageous?

The correct option is C It produces genetically uniform populations. Asexual reproduction produces genetically uniform populations. It does not result in variation, which is a key for the mechanism of evolution.

The correct option is C
It produces genetically uniform populations.

Asexual reproduction produces genetically uniform populations. It does not result in variation, which is a key for the mechanism of evolution.