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The two figures below represent an asexual (A) and a sexual (B) population, resp

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The two figures below represent an asexual (A) and a sexual (B) population, respectively. The letters indicate beneficial mutations. The shaded areas represent the frequency of particular combinations of mutations in the population over time. Why does it take longer for the beneficial allele combination of ABC to go to fixation in the asexual population than in the sexual population?

The two figures below represent an asexual (A) and a sexual (B) population, respectively. The letters indicate beneficial mutations. The shaded areas represent the frequency of particular combinations of mutations in the population over time. Why does it take longer for the beneficial allele combination of ABC to go to fixation in the asexual population than in the sexual population?

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Sexual reproduction can increase Genetic Load by pairing together two different deleterious alleles who