Many organisms can reproduce asexually through mitosis, while other organisms reproduce sexually, and their cells carry out meiosis to form gametes. In a situation where an organism falls prey to many efficient predators, which of these processes would be most beneficial to a species?
a) Meiosis: numerous daughter cells produced would increase the species' population.
b) Meiosis: genetic variation would reduce the species' survival.
c) Mitosis: numerous offspring would increase the odds that some of them would survive.
d) Mitosis: numerous genetic mutations would help some individuals of the species.
