Why does the red queen hypothesis predict that the proportion of asexuals in a popu-lation will oscillate in the presence of parasites?

a. Asexual and parasite numbers will undergo a predator–prey dynamic without evolutionary change.
b. Asexuals with parasite resistance will initially outpace the number of sexu-als.
c. Sexuals are better at adapting when parasites change.
d. There is a time lag between the growth of asexual lineages and the adapta-tion of parasites to such lineages.
e. B, C, and D.


E

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