What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

Apaleontologist finds a plant fossil that shows that the plant had seeds. what can the paleontologist conclude?

Keeping in mind the life cycle of bacteriophages, consider the following problem: during the reproductive cycle of a temperate bacteriophage, the viral dna inserts into the bacterial chromosome where the resultant prophage behaves much like a trojan horse. it can remain quiescent, or it can become lytic and initiate a burst of progeny viruses. several operons maintain the prophage state by interacting with a repressor that keeps the lytic cycle in check. insults (ultraviolet light, for example) to the bacterial cell lead to a partial breakdown of the repressor, which in turn causes the production of enzymes involved in the lytic cycle. as stated in this simple form, would you consider this system of regulation to be operating under positive or negative control?

Which is the correct order in the scientific process? ask a question ® form a hypothesis ® make an observation ask a question ® make an observation ® form a hypothesis make an observation ® form a hypothesis ® ask a question make an observation ® ask a question ® form a hypothesis