Scientists discover the point of sex

Hi Everyone,

I will be posting on a new discovery made by scienctists just recently. They have finally found out the point of sex. To us humans, sex is what we do to reproduce and gain pleasure. However, to animals, sex has helped them a lot from getting killed. Based on research, researchers have discovered that animals reproduce together, rather than simply cloning themselves, because it helps them to ward off parasites.

Furthermore, cross-fertilisation helps creatures stay a step ahead in the continuous "arms race" with parasites, which are forever evolving to try and infect them. This just shows us that animals are very intelligent. They have sex to extend their lifetime and prevent themselves from getting infected by parasites.

This findings support the evolutionary theory that blending of two animals' genomes creates an offspring with a new genetic code which may make it more resistant to attack, experts said. I was quite amazed when I read this article at first as I never thought that sex was something done to extend life. I feel that it is a very cool thing to know as we will be able to look at sex at another point which is for the survival of animals.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14046316

Yours,
Ryan Ong