Asexual Pro: 1. inexpensive to make offspring (usually make a lot at a time and not invest a lot of time in raising them). 2. Do not need a mate to reproduce. 3. Can rapidly expand a population Con: 1. genetically identical- prone to extinction because once a parasite has evolved to attack a specific genotype, it can kill them all. 2. Lineages usually don't last longer than a couple thousand years
Sexual: Pros: 1. Genetically unique- so more likely to create a "successful" offspring 2. Lineages more likely to last hundreds of thousands of years
Cons: 1. More effort into creating offspring- require more parental effort 2. STD's- easily to pass 3. need to find a mate or else won't be successful as an organism.
