Comments on: The two-genome waltz: how the threat of mismatched partners shapes complex life [Repost] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/10/the-two-genome-waltz-how-the-threat-of-mismatched-partners-shapes-complex-life-2/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: amphiox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/10/the-two-genome-waltz-how-the-threat-of-mismatched-partners-shapes-complex-life-2/comment-page-1/#comment-74288 amphiox Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:49:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6285#comment-74288 <blockquote>Wouldn’t it be even easier to have just one sex, and pass down your own mitochondria?</blockquote> Not it wouldn't. That's actually the whole point of that part of this hypothesis.

Wouldn’t it be even easier to have just one sex, and pass down your own mitochondria?

Not it wouldn’t. That’s actually the whole point of that part of this hypothesis.

]]> By: Noumenon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/02/10/the-two-genome-waltz-how-the-threat-of-mismatched-partners-shapes-complex-life-2/comment-page-1/#comment-74051 Noumenon Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:13:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6285#comment-74051 <i>"Lane argues that one of the easiest ways of ensuring that an individual has a uniform set of mitochondria is to have two sexes. One (usually female) hands down an identical set of mitochondria to its young, and the other (usually male) doesn’t."</i> Wouldn't it be even easier to have just one sex, and pass down your own mitochondria? “Lane argues that one of the easiest ways of ensuring that an individual has a uniform set of mitochondria is to have two sexes. One (usually female) hands down an identical set of mitochondria to its young, and the other (usually male) doesn’t.”

Wouldn’t it be even easier to have just one sex, and pass down your own mitochondria?

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