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From: ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
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Subject: Immortality Vs. Sex
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 14:29:17 EDT
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Original-Subject: Re: Matter Transmission, Copying, etc.

> When an amoeba divides into two new amoebas, each an exact copy of the 
> original, which is the "original"?  There is no choice between them.

This has been proposed as an example of how higher life-forms have traded
the "immortality" of asexual reproduction for the "adaptability" (via genetic
recombinations) of sexual reproduction: immortality vs. sex.

					Evelyn C. Leeper
					...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl

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