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qdouble

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17. eh, I had stopped reading at the paragraph previous to that one

Reply to Egnever (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 06:40 PM

Mar 2017

"It is hard to imagine why this sort of natural selection should be ongoing, which would be required for sex to be favoured,"

I was like, isn't it established that sexual reproduction is about disease and abnormal genetic mutation resistance? The beginning of the article makes it seems as if that isn't already the main theory.

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Why we have sex [View all] oldcynic Mar 2017 OP

Imagine Trump budding off pieces. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #1

article says we have sex to avoid pathogens...apparently doesn't always work. n/t oldcynic Mar 2017 #3

Trump IS a pathogen infecting the country. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #12

NO! ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #4

Think of it as a weight loss program. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #7

Does that orange monster have to enter every thread? TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #9

Especially a thread about sex? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #15

Well....this is the first time I have seen this subject discussed here.. Stuart G Mar 2017 #2

The prime directive of all life is reproduction and territorial expansion oldcynic Mar 2017 #8

Nevertheless. territory must be expanded.. Stuart G Mar 2017 #13

Even bacteria do it Warpy Mar 2017 #5

The Dr seems to be ignorant of the problems associated with inbreeding and how qdouble Mar 2017 #6

Isn't that exactly what their theory is? Egnever Mar 2017 #11

eh, I had stopped reading at the paragraph previous to that one qdouble Mar 2017 #17

"Asexual reproduction ... is a much simpler way of reproducing" - yeah but it isn't as much fun. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #10

please explain yourself oldcynic Mar 2017 #18

Yes, it takes a huge amount of energy to accomplish Warpy Mar 2017 #19

While it is very easy to get a large population through asexual reproduction, briv1016 Mar 2017 #16

let's clear this up---genes are exchanged in asexual reproduction oldcynic Mar 2017 #20

It used to always make me feel good. trof Mar 2017 #21

almost as good as taking off a girdle oldcynic Mar 2017 #22

Or a bra. trof Mar 2017 #23

Are we allowed to have sex threads in GD now? surrealAmerican Mar 2017 #24

Locking. Dr. Strange Mar 2017 #25

Why we have sex?! PJMcK Mar 2017 #26

God gave us sex so he would have something to punish us for. Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 #27

So we don't have to think about Donald Trump LeftInTX Mar 2017 #28