"grswld at unity.ncsu.edu" "Charles M Griswold" writes:
>How about ranking success based on a species' ability to maintain its DNA
>in an active state? The organism with the largest amount of total DNA
>(DNA of all the group's members) maintained for the longest period of
>time is most successful in its primary role: host of its own genetic
>material.
Contrarily, and more true, one could argue success of a species could be
measured by its ability to INACTIVATE or render nonfunctional the DNA of other
species.
Regards,
Bob
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