The Drawbacks of Sexual Reproduction

Sexual reproduction is great for rapidly growing a population during a time of plenty, but the resulting population can run into problems long term. Meanwhile, sexual reproduction requires more energy and time, but generates diversity that may come in handy in the long term again when there are changes in obstacles that arise. This brings us to the topic of Mueller's Ratchet, which is not something I was familiar with previously. Basically, you see this accumulation of harmful genetic mutations, and after thousands of generations pass by, you can eventually reach a tipping point, which we refer to as mutational meltdown.