Comment by KingPezPez on 15/03/2023 at 21:28 UTC

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What evolutionary pressure was there for cells to develop sexual reproduction, and what actually enabled it?

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Comment by Triabolical_ at 16/03/2023 at 03:45 UTC

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Sexual reproduction produces more genetic variety than asexual because it mixes the genomes of two function parents. That variety allows evolution to run faster.