mitosis

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  • Mitosis allows organisms to reach sexual maturity, enabling two genetically varied organisms to sexually reproduce and produce genetically varied offspring.
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  • This is advantageous because it increases the likelihood of the population adapting to a selective pressure, allowing it to thrive in its environment and continue to sexually reproduce, ultimately contributing to the continuity of the species.
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  • This increases genetic diversity and decreases homogeneity of a population because it introduces new combinations of alleles.
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  • This reduces genetic diversity and increases homogeneity of the population because no new alleles are being introduced.
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  • This is disadvantageous because if the population is faced with a selective pressure, they will all react the same way to it. As a result, this diminishes the population’s ability to thrive in its environment and reproduce, leading to the discontinuity of the species.
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  • Mitosis allows for the reproduction of asexual organisms, which produces genetically identical daughter cells.