Ion exchange

... depends on its genetic learning rate (how fast it gains or changes new information/genes). Sexual reproduction has a good amount of crossover exchange which greatly accelerates the ability to adapt and change. Asexual reproducers such as E. coli produce clones of itself which are identical ...

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... already see this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5011826.stm Yes, everything in a biological organism is sensitive to change. Even one exchange of nucleotide in the DNA can cause the organism to be in a disease state/not optimal. The flip side is also possible, where one change could ...

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... speciate depends on its learning rate (how fast it gains or changes new information/genes). Sexual reproduction has a good amount of crossover exchange which greatly accelerates the ability to adapt and change. Asexual reproducers such as E. coli produce clones of itself which are identical ...

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meiosis actually produces the gametes, themselves, and is essential for reproduction. Crossing is the exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes, and allows for genetic diversity.

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... online edition of the journal Nature. Endosymbiosis refers to a cell living within another cell. If the cells live together long enough, they will exchange genes; they merge but often keep their own cell membranes and sometimes their own genomes. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090819135436.htm ...

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