You are studying two different species of moss One species r

You are studying two different species of moss. One species reproduces asexually and one reproduces sexually. You are going to introduce a pathogen that affects moss. Which of the two species of moss do you think will best survive against the pathogen and explain why.

Solution

Ans.5) Mosses are flowerless plants that characteristically grow up in intense green clumps often in moist locations. Mosses have both type; sexual and asexual reproduction.

Between the two species of moss (one species reproduces asexually and one reproduces sexually) survival against the pathogen would be easier for the sexually reproducing species.

In point of fact, sexual reproduction constantly makes novel and random collection of gene alternates. This makes it favorable that one or more individuals of a sexually reproducing species will have gene variants that agree to survive under the new conditions (e.g., one that gives resistance to the pathogen or allows escape from the predator).

Hence, the sexually reproducing species of moss have higher chance to survive.