Do you agree or disagree? why?

Question

A student states that organisms that reproduce asexually are at a disadvantage in a stable environment.

Answer 1

Disagree. Asexual reproduction is a major advantage in a stable environment, because it produces more offspring and uses less resources. Sexual reproduction is an evolutionary enigma, because it is doubly negative. You need two individuals to produce off spring, and for your offspring you need to of them to produce more offspring. Sexual reproduction utilizes way more resources and would certainly be easily outpopulated by asexual reproduction in an stable environment. However, what sexual reproduction does do is that it provides genetic variation, so when teh environment changes, organisms can adapt. If all members of the species were the same, because of asexual reproduction, then when the environment changes, every last one of them dies. However, in sexual reproduction, at least a couple would live on to be able to reproduce, adn those traits for survival get passed on via selection.

Answer 2

The banana reproduces asexually. It also grows in a stable environment. So I disagree.

Actually the statement seems unfounded. Like the person does not know what they are talking about.

Answer 3

yes it is true because due to asexual reproduction there is no variation in the body as a result the bad harmful characters are transmitted to next generation, this lead to poor adaption to environment and might lead to extinction.