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The color, taste, and juiciness of a particular variety of strawberry makes it very popular. Growers are able to plant hundreds of acres of this variety, and all the plants are exactly the same, since they reproduce asexually. Explain why this lack of diversity in the strawberry field could prove to be a problem for the growers.

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If one Plant develops a mutation that has undesirable effects, such as reduced resistance against disease, then the other plants will have that mutation too.

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