Is sex expected to be more favored in unpredictably changing environments than in predictably changing environments?

a. No, sexual reproduction is favored under any kind of environmental change.
b. Yes, but only if the change is temporally predictable.
c. Yes, an asexual lineage with the plasticity to deal with the predictable change will outcompete sexuals incurring the cost of sex in a predictable environment.
d. B and C.


C

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