Given what you have learned about the principle of independent assortment and how meiosis induces variation in the genetic composition of gametes, discuss the following: 

a) Some plants can reproduce asexually (by mitosis they produce structures that can break apart from the parent plant and sprout as an independent plant with the same genetic composition as the parent plant) and 

b)sexually (by meiosis, ultimately producing male and female gametes that fertilize gametes from other plants). However, 

c) many plants can do self-fertilization (male and female gametes from the same parent plant fertilize to form a zygote). Rank these three reproductive tactics in the order that results in the highest genetic variation. Explain your choice.