On Wednesday March 25 2009, Mike Bennett wrote:
> Not if "in the same sense" is given the formal definition of "has the
> same DNA as". (01)
Under that definition, an individual's own gametes are not part of that
individual, since crossover shuffles together genetic sequences from
both of the diploid chromosomes during meiosis, producing haploid
gametes with a genome distinct from that of either of the individual's
own chromosomes. (02)
RRS (03)
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