1) Consider the diagram of reproduction of yeast cells. Yeast can reproduce both asexually & sexually. During sexual reproduction, alpha or "a" cells produce ‘a-factor’, which signals the presence of an "a" cell to neighbouring "α" cells and the "a" cells also respond to "α factor". Each cell grows a projection towards the opposite cell and this response of haploid cells to the mating factors of the opposite mating type allows for conjugation between "a" and "α" cells, but not between cells of the same mating type. What is the advantage to this type of reproduction?
A) Survival of the fittest.
B) The production of diploid cells.
C) Genetic variation in the gene pool.
D) Producing large numbers of cells in a short period of time.
2) Yeast cells reproduce asexually by budding. All BUT ONE choice is a result of budding.
A) genetic sameness
B) high rate of mutation
C) rapid reproduction rate
D) large number of offspring