A biologist is studying two organisms, X and Y. She knows that at least one of them is an animal. Organism X only reproduces sexually. Organism Y reproduces both sexually and asexually.

Because organism Y can reproduce asexually, it can produce offspring without finding a mate. That is a benefit of asexual reproduction, so choice B is correct. The information does not establish which organism is an animal, and sexual reproduction generally produces genetically diverse offspring, so choices A and C are not supported.

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