How can both asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction allow for the survival of a species?

Answer 1

Some organisms can use both types of reproduction. For example, when conditions are favorable, many plants and fungi will reproduce asexually. Doing so lets them spread quickly and take over an area. When the environment changes these organisms will switch to sexual reproduction. this strategy increase the chance that the species will survive.

Answer 2

You don't need to find a mate, thus lower energy requirements per reproduction.
The advantage of asexual reproduction is that organisms reproduce by themselves and only require a single parent cell.

Answer 3

In the animal kingdom it essentially allows animals who can produce offspring via asexual reproduction to clone themselves. It also allows females to produce young without the presence of a male. Asexual reproduction requires only the presence of one sex (the female) which increases the population considerably, it requires less energy and nutritional resources, and reproduction and offspring are increased. There are also many downsides to asexual reproduction including lack of genetic diversity, the fact that the acquiring of most new adaptations are reliant upon a mutation in the gene pool, and more. Asexual reproduction can be viewed as a blessing and a curse depending on how you look at it.

Answer 4

Asexual reproduction can allow for rapid population growth and colonization of new habitats, while sexual reproduction helps maintain genetic diversity which can improve the species' ability to adapt to changing environments and resist diseases. Both methods contribute to the overall survival and evolutionary success of a species by offering different advantages.

Answer 5

the biggest advantage of asexual reproduction is the very faster rate of producing individuals of ones own kind. While sexual reproduction is comparatively a very slow process

Answer 6

the main advantage is that it allows mitosis to occur

Answer 7

Asexual reproduction uses up less energy than sexual reproduction.