What You Don't Know About Sperm

Re:What You Don't Know About Sperm by a_gnostic on Friday January 05, 2024 @10:50PM (#38888210)

I heard sex exists to reshuffle genes to make it difficult for parasites

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Re:What You Don't Know About Sperm by __MatrixMan__ on Saturday January 06, 2024 @10:41AM (#38892304)

I guess if your offspring has an entirely different body plan than you and it's only their offspring that resembles you then it would take a very clever parasite indeed to complete the cycle and follow the germ line across both transitions.

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Re:What You Don't Know About Sperm by a_gnostic on Saturday January 06, 2024 @02:49PM (#38894712)

Parasites will often suppress the host's immune system. Reshuffling immune attack vectors should suffice.

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