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Don't all time-dependent processes result in dependency graphs? The only way you could have a circular dependency is if one organism was a parent of one of thei
by pranjalv123 8y ago
Don't all time-dependent processes result in dependency graphs? The only way you could have a circular dependency is if one organism was a parent of one of their ancestors, which is obviously impossible*
*actually, it's not impossible, since you could have a child transmit DNA horizontally to its parent, but this would in reality happen over a sufficiently short timescale that you wouldn't see it on a phylogenetic tree.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoNo clue what you are talking about, but, technically, human women become chimeras when they reproduce because the baby leaves behind some of its genetic material. Human children transmit their DNA to their mothers in utero to some degree.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoCouldn't lifecycles of some parasites be considered circular dependencies?