stackyFACTSRather than just handing down a carbon copy of a genome, reproduction actively insists on completely randomizing the deck.
Rather than just handing down a carbon copy of a genome, reproduction actively insists on completely randomizing the deck. Before instructions are passed on, the chromosome pairs physically cross over each other and aggressively swap random chunks of code. This ensures that the resulting offspring get a deeply mixed, completely unique combination of traits rather than an exact duplicate. Nature demands variety, even if it requires molecular vandalism to get it.
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