The Evolutionary Advantage Of Having Sex
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 20:40
in Biology & Nature
If you think about it rationally, sex may be fun but it's too much work and, from a reproduction standpoint, the payoff is uncertain. Scientists have speculated for a long time on why all living things don't simply make like amoebas and split.Scientists believe that sexual reproduction offers two big advantages: It can sweep bad mutations out of the gene pool more quickly. Also, by shuffling parents' genetic material each generation, it increases the likelihood that new genetic combinations will arise that help organisms adapt to their environment. read more