Natural selection has favored species that reproduce sexually because sexual reproduction

a. is pleasurable, which is reinforcing.
b. leads to genetic diversity, which is adaptive.
c. leads to a longer life span and more variability in behavior.
d. produces organisms that have the capacity for thinking and language.
e. is more efficient than asexual reproduction.


Answer: b. leads to genetic diversity, which is adaptive.

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