What is the relative fitness of asexual and sexual genotypes

What is the relative fitness of asexual and sexual genotypes in a population, assuming the two genotypes have identical fecundity and survivorship? (Hint: remember how to calculate relative fitness.

0 and 1, respectively.

2 and 1, respectively.

1 and 0.5, respectively.

1 and 0, respectively.

Solution

Asexual reproduction: it is used to assign the fitness to genotypes.

Sexual reproduction: The genotypes are scrambled in every generation. In this case, fitness values can be assigned to alleles by averaging over possible genetic backgrounds.

if two genotypes have identical fecundity and survivorship, then the relative fitness will be 1 and 0.5 respectively.