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		bravura on Oct 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Announcement: YC alumni will help us read applicat... I thought mating was the main cause of genetic diversity, not mutation.

a-priori on Oct 29, 2009 [–]

Mutation introduces new alleles, and mating recombines existing alleles. Both processes increase diversity.

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