If sexual reproduction is favored in Species X (which can reproduce both sexually and asexually) because it results in greater genetic diversity that facilitates resistance to pathogen Y, then one would predict that
A) in the absence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would not be favored.
B) in the absence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would be favored.
C) in the presence of pathogen Y, self-fertilization would be favored.
D) in the presence of pathogen Y, outcrossing would not be favored.

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In the absence of pathogen Y, the advantage of increased genetic diversity from sexual reproduction is not needed, so outcrossing would not be favored.

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