Paland and Lynch showed that sexual populations have fewer deleterious mutations than asexual populations.What hypothesis do these results support?
A)sexual reproduction prevents fertilization with gametes carrying alleles with deleterious alleles.
B)sexual reproduction produces fewer random mutations than asexual reproduction.
C)asexual reproduction is associated with lower genetic diversity,resulting in the accumulation of highly deleterious mutations.
D)in sexual reproduction,the reassorting of alleles allows for the elimination of more detrimental alleles than in asexual reproduction.
E)sexual strains are associated with higher genetic diversity and thus accumulate more beneficial mutations than asexual strains.

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Paland and Lynch's results are consistent with the hypothesis that sexual reproduction allows the reassorting of alleles, which facilitates the elimination of detrimental mutations. Asexual reproduction, on the other hand, does not typically involve mixing of genes from different individuals, and therefore cannot produce this same effect.

Paland and Lynch Showed That Sexual Populations Have Fewer Deleterious