Question 7 — Why do vegetatively propagated plants - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 11 - Reproduction: How Life Continues (Exploration)

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Question 7
Why do vegetatively propagated plants tend to be more vulnerable to diseases than sexually reproduced plants?
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  • Vegetatively propagated plants are genetically identical clones with no variation.
  • Because they all share the same weaknesses, a single disease can spread through and destroy the whole crop, unlike varied sexually reproduced plants.
Vulnerable to Disease Vegetative plants are identical clones No genetic variation among them One disease can wipe out the whole crop
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