ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (10/24/85)
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 ****************************************************************************** * Get a Usenetter on the ballot at Confederation! * * Nominate MARK R. LEEPER for Hugo for Best Fan Writer in 1986! * ******************************************************************************