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Mutational Meltdown

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The Importance of Mixing and Matching Your Genetic Material With Someone's

Asexual reproduction is when an individual cannot find a mate. This has been the case with some of the famous examples of, say, sharks or lizards such as the Komodo dragon reproducing in captivity. In sexual reproduction, again, you've got to put a whole lot of energy and time into mating behaviors. It necessitates the existence of males, which, in some cases, do little or nothing else. An entire division of the species, just for reproduction. Mating can prove fatal in and of itself,. not necessarily in a way that actually has any impact on the species.

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