Paland and Lynch showed that sexual populations possessed fewer deleterious mutations than asexual populations. These results supported the hypothesis that
A. sexual reproduction prevents fertilization with gametes carrying damaged alleles.
B. sexual reproduction produces fewer random mutations than asexual reproduction.
C. asexual reproduction favors the retention of deleterious genes because it increases genetic diversity.
D. the reassorting of alleles in each generation of a sexually reproducing population allows for the elimination of some detrimental alleles.
E. sexual strains are healthier due to genetic diversity and thus acquire fewer mutations.
D. the reassorting of alleles in each generation of a sexually reproducing population allows for the elimination of some detrimental alleles.
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