A deterministic hypothesis named for this process proposes that it evolved to purge negative epistases. Paradoxically, this process imposes a two-fold cost on fitness because it halves the maximum population growth rate. This process, the so-called “queen of evolutionary problems,” (20[1]0[1])evolved to help organisms keep up with their parasites according (20[1])to the Red Queen hypothesis. (0[4])On Darwin’s tangled bank, this process helps organisms (*) adapt better to varying environments. (0[4])This process prevents the (0[1])ratchet-like accumulation (0[2])of harmful mutations that (10[1])occurs during (0[1])fission. This process (0[1])of recombining (0[1])alleles (0[2])into a new germline (0[1])is abandoned during (0[1])parthenogenesis. (0[2])For 10 points, meiosis (“MEE-oh-sis”) introduces (0[1])genetic diversity (0[1])during (0[1])what (0[1])form (10[1]0[1])of reproduction? (10[6]0[1])■END■ (10[17]0[6])