Use the following information to answer the next questions. There is a group of invertebrate animals called rotifers, among which a particular group of species reproduces, as far as is known, only asexually. These rotifers, however, have survived a long evolutionary history without evidence of having been overcome by excessive mutations. -Assuming that the eggs are diploid, tetraploid, or partially tetraploid, what mechanism may still occur without fertilization?
A) meiosis in each generation B) meiosis in every second generation C) independent assortment of maternal and paternal chromosomes D) meiosis in times of adverse environmental conditions E) crossing over of homologs