Understanding Sex (1 of 23)

What we are, in large part, depends on our genes.
It is a hand we are dealt when we are born, and the cards we play our entire lives.
You can study as hard you can, but some people will be smarter.
Work out as much as you want.
Some people are born to be bigger, or prettier, or more artistic.
The hand you get depends upon the luck of the draw.
Which genes you get from your mother, which you get from your father, and how they combine to make you a unique individual, is largely a matter of chance.
In the game of life, the shuffling of genes to create a new individual is called sex.

But life did not have to be this way.
We could reproduce like some weeds do, by putting out shoots.
Talk about a family tree! Or by fragmentation.
A little gruesome, maybe, but it works for tapeworms.
Spores are the method of choice for mushrooms.
Millions could show up for a family reunion.
Or we could do it the way amoebas do, simply getting fat,and dividing.
But, no.