Senin, 03 Juni 2013

Sex and the Origins of Death

Sex and the Origins of Death
Author: William R. Clark
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B003LBRZCG

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable. Download Sex and the Origins of Death from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Protect a bacterium from predators, and provide it with adequate food and space to grow, and it would continue living--and reproducing asexually--forever. But a paramecium (a slightly more advanced single-cell organism), under the same ideal conditions, would stop dividing after about 200 generations--and die. Death, for paramecia and their offspring, is inevitable. Unless they have sex. If at any point during that 200 or so generations, two of the progeny of our paramecium have sex, their clock will be reset to zero. They and their progeny are granted another 200 generations. Those who fail to have sex eventually die. Immortality for bacteria is automatic; for all other living beings--including Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. Sex and the Origins of Death medical books pdf for free. Protect a bacterium from predators, and provide it with adequate food and space to grow, and it would continue living--and reproducing asexually--forever. But a paramecium (a slightly more advanced single-cell organism), under the same ideal conditions, would stop dividing after about 200 generations--and die. Death, for paramecia and their offspring, is inevitable. Unless they have sex Immortality for bacteria is automatic; for all other living beings--including



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