Question

Two genetically similar parasite populations are spreading rapidly in a hospital. Population A reproduces sexually and Population B reproduces asexually. Females in both populations produce exactly two offspring every 20 minutes and mutation rate is identical between the populations. Assume that we can measure population growth rate (r) in both populations. The ratio of females:males in Population A is most likely ___ this ratio in Population B.

Select one:

a. higher than

b. lower than

c. equal to

Answer 1

a ) higher than

The females:males in population A is higher than population B because that the population A reproduces sexually . The sexual reproduction helps to produce genetic variations in the offsprings and combine beneficial effects in the individuals and the offsprings of the species will betterly adapt to the environments due to variation than the asexually producing organisms in which the asexually producing organisms have the exact clones to their parents and can't survive to the changing environment .