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> Re: sex and the single memeDate: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:46:52 -0500
> "Wade T. Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> "Memetics Discussion List" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>
>Hi Francesca S. Alcorn -
>
>>Sexual reproduction in bacteria may involve taking up DNA from
>>the environment, from viruses, from plasmids, or from conjugation.
>>The addition of genetic variability is random and depends on the
>>correct binding receptors on the surface of the bacterium.
>
>I like it.
>
>[Sexual] reproduction in memes may involve taking up meme-stuff from the
>environment, from viruses, from designs, or from active mingling. The
>addition of memetic variability is random and depends on the correct
>binding receptors in the host.
>
Mutation is mightily influenced by context.
>
>- Wade
>
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