About the biological makeup of reproducing Brent Maker wrote:
*> >Biological theory says that sexual reproduction should halve the> >fitness of the organism as compared with asexual (or parthenogenetic)> >reproduction, so asexual reproduction should be the norm (as it is in> >bacteria).* *>> But does it halve the reproductive chances of a gene; or does it> give it more chances of survival?>* And Russell replied. *Halves it, because its a 50/50 lottery whether the gene from thefemale or the gene from the male is expressed in the offspring.* *---------------------* The offspring is not a quantitative distribution of the (fe)-male genes. it is an unqualified mixture of those PLUS earlier generations' genetic effects. JM On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 02:05:53PM -0800, Brent Meeker wrote: > > > > > >Biological theory says that sexual reproduction should halve the > > >fitness of the organism as compared with asexual (or parthenogenetic) > > >reproduction, so asexual reproduction should be the norm (as it is in > > >bacteria). > > > > But does it halve the reproductive chances of a gene; or does it > > give it more chances of survival? > > > > Halves it, because its a 50/50 lottery whether the gene from the > female or the gene from the male is expressed in the offspring. > > Of course, the same logic would indicate that incest should be very > evolutionary advantageous - which gives a potent clue as to what's > going on. > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
