Re: Why Sex ?

From: michael k teehan (miketeehan@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Dec 20 1997 - 04:20:25 MST


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> From: michael k teehan <miketeehan@worldnet.att.net>
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: Why Sex ?
> Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 7:36 PM
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> > From: Hara Ra <harara@shamanics.com>
> > To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Subject: Re: Why Sex ?
> > Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 9:19 PM
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> > Berrie Staring wrote:
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> > > Why (leave just pure coincidence out for now)
> > > do we need sex to spread our genes?
> >
> > Asexual reproduction is fast, and results in a monoclonal population,
> > which is very suceptible to pathogens and parasites. It is much harder
> > for a parasite to invade a genetically varied population.
> >
> > O----------------------------------O
> > | Hara Ra <harara@shamanics.com> |
> > | Box 8334 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 |
> > O----------------------------------O
> >



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