Why is sex more common in snails living in shallow water compared to snails livi

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Why is sex more common in snails living in shallow water compared to snails living in deeper water? increased exposure to parasites in the deeper water favors asexual reproduction to avoid parasite transmission which can occur during sex. increased exposure to parasites in the deeper water favors asexual reproduction in order to maintain beneficial combinations of alleles which confer resistance. increased exposure to parasites in the shallow water favors sexual reproduction to avoid the accumulation of mutations which could make snails more susceptible to parasites. increased exposure to parasites in the shallow water favors sexual reproduction in order to generate novel variants capable of evading infection by the fast evolving parasites.

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Increased exposure to parasites in the shallow water favors sexual reproduction in order to generate novel.variants so as to evade the infection.

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