The Beginning: Sexual Reproduction

Evolution Talk

English - November 03, 2014 10:43 - 15 minutes - 21.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 186 ratings
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One day, millions of years ago, something occurred between two unsuspecting eukaryotes. When they bumped into one another something magical happened. They both left that encounter slightly different than they had been before. What passed from one to the other was a few microscopic bits of genetic material. Natural selection had new toys to play with.