some animals are primarily asexual in their reproduction, but have the ability to switch to sexual reproduction under certain conditions. what might be the adaptive advantage to an animal that generally reproduces asexually to also be able to reproduce sexually? to confuse its predators to increase its own likelihood of survival to give the animal some variety in its life to increase the genetic diversity of its offspring during periods of stress and to increase its own likelihood of survival to increase the genetic diversity of its offspring during periods of stress