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Which of the following is not an advantage of asexual propagation?

Faster way to produce plants for sale.
For some plant varieties, it is the only way to reproduce.
Increases genetic diversity and benefits the health of the plant stock.
Plants are genetically identical, which is desirable in some cases.

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The 4th sentence is not an advantage because when some plants are genetically identical diseases can easily be passed on to other plants.
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