P. vivax reproduces by sexual and asexual reproduction. Explain why it is an advantage for species to reproduce by both methods.

This is great because in a changing eviroment (needing to change if they want to survive)  they may reproduce sexually for genetic diversity, whereas if they are already well adapted to the area it is possilbe for them to pass on ALL of the traist that allowed them to survive in the first place.

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b. to discover aspects of the natural world.

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