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Organisms Gave up Sexual Reproduction for DNA Theft In animals the genetic material is inherited from the parents after conception. No other later action, except for rare parasitic infections that can modify your genetic material by inserting some of their DNA strands, can alter your DNA. But in bdelloid rotifers, a microscopic freshwater animal, such events happen al...	30 May 2008 09:30 GMT

How to Skip Sex Sex is considered the engine of the evolution. Without sex, we would all be similar clones. Sex brings diversity, but also it can repair the effects of negative mutations. Healthy genes from one parent can counteract the presence of a damaged (mutated) gene from the other parent, resulting healthier offspring. Thus, ...	7 April 2008 05:23 GMT

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Organisms Gave up Sexual Reproduction for DNA Theft