Chapter 10, Cell Growth and Division - Assessment - 10.1 Cell Growth and Reproduction - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 300: 5

Asexual reproduction allows organisms to reproduce very quickly. This is ideal in environments where there is little change. In adverse and changing environments, sexual reproduction can introduce genetic variety into a population that may help some individuals survive conditions that would otherwise devastate a population in which all individuals are basically clones of one another.

Asexual reproduction allows organisms to reproduce very quickly. This is ideal in environments where there is little change. In adverse and changing environments, sexual reproduction can introduce genetic variety into a population that may help some individuals survive conditions that would otherwise devastate a population in which all individuals are basically clones of one another.