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Woodsy
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Message 40 of 73 (415459)
08-10-2007 8:10 AM
Reply to: Message 39 by Hyroglyphx
08-09-2007 10:48 PM


Re: On chaos, and on the evolution of sex
One result of sexual reproduction is that the sets of genes of the parents get shuffled and combined. The result is increased variation in the population, and a better chance of having a winning combination available when some kind of big environmental crunch happens.

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