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Red Queen
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Red Queen
shaken by Alice, she turns into a kitten. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass]


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The Red Queen hypothesis, for instance, finds the main benefit of sex in shuffling the genome quickly, making it difficult for parasites to lock onto weaknesses.
He called it the Red Queen hypothesis, after the character in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass who must run simply to stay in place.
 
 
 
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