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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: epicure who wrote (71911)8/6/2003 5:05:10 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Traits are not bred out if they do not impede the propagation of the species. They do not need to be beneficial, or even harmless, as long as a sufficient number of offspring, around or above replacement level, continue to be produced by the species. The idea that a trait must be adaptive if it exists makes no sense.....