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Sex and the Origins of Death

Paperback • 1998 • English

Sex and the Origins of Death

By William R. Clark

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About the book

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable. 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 ... In Sex and the Origins of Death, William Clark ranges far and wid...Show more

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9780195106442

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New York : Oxford University Press

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Sex and the Origins of Death

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Paperback

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