Charles DarwinOne general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
About This Quote
The law in this quote is a general statement that applies to all living things. The universal law of asexual reproduction is a fundamental biological rule, and it’s the same for every species, from the largest to the smallest. This means that all species must reproduce via asexual means. When an animal reproduces sexually, it’s because the offspring get greater genetic variation than they get by reproducing asexually. That’s one reason why we don’t see many species that reproduce sexually: they tend to be small and weak, and they can’t compete with their sexual counterparts.
Source: The Origin Of Species
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