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Taking it a step further though; Of course evolution happened to the very mechanisms by which biological organisms evolve.
Because of course it would.
(eg.
* Eukaryote -> Meiosis : This is obviously a means to create/tailor Variation. (Evolution ~= Variation->Selection )
* Reproduction in Metazoa in general, with all kinds of complex methods to exchange DNA.
* Vertebrates. Just. Vertebrates. (specifically: Sexual reproduction thereof.)
* Simple but still strange: Viruses with multiple reading frames. Sure they successfully evolve, but it's never going to be straightforward!
)
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Taking it a step further though; Of course evolution happened to the very mechanisms by which biological organisms evolve.
Because of course it would.
(eg.
* Eukaryote -> Meiosis : This is obviously a means to create/tailor Variation. (Evolution ~= Variation->Selection )
* Reproduction in Metazoa in general, with all kinds of complex methods to exchange DNA.
* Vertebrates. Just. Vertebrates. (specifically: Sexual reproduction thereof.)
* Simple but still strange: Viruses with multiple reading frames. Sure they successfully evolve, but it's never going to be straightforward!
)