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Author Question: How does the sexual life cycle increase the genetic variation in a species? A) b (Read 812 times)

curlz

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on: Jun 18, 2013
How does the sexual life cycle increase the genetic variation in a species?
A) by allowing crossing over
B) by allowing fertilization
C) by increasing gene stability
D) by conserving chromosomal gene order
E) by decreasing mutation frequency


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2013
I'm pretty sure it's A. Good luck :D


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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2013
Great..that really helped.


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