GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The greatest degree of genetic variability would be expected among organisms that reproduce via ? Notes: Genetic variability is usually due to a mutation during meiosis (sexual reproduction). In the above question, the answer choices (B) and (D) are examples of asexual reproduction. They create identical offspring.

Detailed explanation-2: -The advantage of sex has been suggested to be its ability, through recombination, to generate greater genetic diversity than asexuality, thus enhancing adaptation in a changing environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -4. Explain how sexual recombination generates genetic variability. Sexual recombination means that half of one parent’s genes are combined with half of the other parent’s genes in the offspring, which results in gene combination that did not previously exist.