In The Origin of Sex, the biology professor Lixing Sun investigates why so many species persist with it, when asexual reproduction is much easier
What’s the point of having sex?
In The Origin of Sex, the biology professor Lixing Sun investigates why so many species persist with it, when asexual reproduction is much easier
Last updated: April 10, 2026, 7:49 PM

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