Imagine a plant that has been well adapted to a particular habitat, and it has been reproducing only asexually; thus, all of its offspring are identical to it. If the climate or other conditions change such that the plant can no longer survive in the new conditions, what will happen to all of its offspring? Why?

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Imagine a plant that has been well adapted to a particular habitat, and it has been reproducing only asexually; thus, all of its offspring are identical to it. If the climate or other conditions change such that the plant can no longer survive in the new conditions, what will happen to all of its offspring? Why?

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