Some protists can reproduce both sexually and asexually. what's a major advantage of each?

a. sexual reproduction allows the organism to produce an exact copy of itself, and asexual reproduction can be more rapid. b. sexual reproduction increases genetic diversity, and asexual reproduction can be more rapid. c. sexual reproduction is less prone to making genetic mutations, and asexual reproduction increases genetic diversity. d. sexual reproduction can be more rapid, and asexual reproduction allows the organism to produce an exact copy of itself.

B. Sexual reproduction rises genetic diversity and asexual reproduction is more rapid.

Organism such as Protists reproduces through two modes namely sexual and asexual. In former, two parent of different sex are involved in reproduction process whereas in latter single parent is involved. The asexual reproduction mode in Protists includes binary and multiple fission; and budding.

Conjugation and generation alternation are examples of sexual mode of reproduction in Protists.  The advantage of having two reproduction modes is that, due to involvement of two parents sexual reproduction increases genetic diversity whereas as asexual reproduction in very simple process it occurs more rapidly.  

answer; ///i believe that the correct answer is (a) specialized cells)

there are mainly three domains in biological classification namely; archaea, bacteria, and eukarya.

archaea includes all the prokaryotic cells which are characterized by their lipid membranes. they have branched hydrocarbon which is attached to glycerol through an ether linkage.

bacteria includes all the prokaryotic cells, the cell membrane of which are made up of the unbranched fatty acid chain. in addition, they are attached to glycerol through an ester bond.

eukarya includes all the eukaryotic cells, that is, the cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound cell organelles.

they can be autotrophic as well as heterotrophic, unicellular as well as multicellular

they include kingdoms like protista, plantae, animalia, fungi et cetera.

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