Which of the following is not considered a potential benefit of sexual reproduction?

A) Separate beneficial mutations can be brought together in a single individual more rapidly.
B) Recombination allows populations to purge deleterious mutations.
C) Sex creates variation in offspring, which speeds the evolutionary response to selection.
D) Sexual organisms produce twice as many offspring as asexual organisms.

Beneficial Mutations

Genetic alterations that provide an advantage to an organism in its environment, leading to increased survival or reproductive success.

Sexual Reproduction

A biological process where organisms create offspring by combining the genetic material of two different cells (gametes).

Deleterious Mutations

Genetic changes that are harmful to an organism, often resulting in decreased fitness or survival.