Advantages and disadvantages of mitosis in multicellular organism?

Answer 1

Some disadvantages of asexual reproduction are

- Offspring are genetic clones. A negative mutation can make a sexually produced organisms susceptible to disease and can destroy large numbers of offspring.

- Some methods of asexual reproduction produce offspring that are close together and compete for food and space.

- Unfavorable conditions such as extreme temperatures can wipe out entire colonies.

its not efficient

if the parent is ill or has a disease then the offspring will have it as well

generally leads to overcrowding

In Asexual reproduction, an exact copy is made of the parent. So, there is no inherited variability and everyone is a "clone." So, if the environment changes and people need to adapt, there will be no available mutations to let evolution take its course, and the species will most likely die out.

There are no variations in offspring except those caused by mutations, so, if the environment changes, there might be little chance of any offspring surviving.

Answer 2

Another disadvantage is since the reproduction involves 2 parents, they have to find a mate to reproduce with, and there are more steps so there are more chances it can go wrong. If there are too few females that are born and survive, a species might not remain viable.

Answer 3

Advantages: The multicellular organisms use mitosis to repair wounds, grow, and replace dead cells.

Disadvantages: The only one I can think of is if your body over-performs mitosis when you don't need it, it causes a tumor/cancer. This group constantly mitosis performing cells will eventually kill you.

Answer 4

The parent doesn't take care of the young, so it may not survive (That's why they reproduce ALOT).

Answer 5

One major disadvantage to mitosis is forming cancer, a disease of uncontrollable cell division.

Answer 6

cant play halo 4 without it bro

Answer 7

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