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Even singled celled life is cooperation between the many genes using those cells to reproduce.
by OscarCunningham 4y ago
Even singled celled life is cooperation between the many genes using those cells to reproduce.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoAt that level personification of biology breaks down completely. Genes are not cooperating. Genes are pieces of a self-replicating pattern. Those patterns get shuffled and mixed a lot, but they also just get copied over and over even more. Some patterns are easier/faster to copy than others, and some are uncopyable. Over time, some patterns remain stable while others disappear, but that's not a result of work and cooperation - it's just a purely statistical phenomenon.