引言在生命演化的史诗中，一次大约发生于20亿年前的偶然相遇，彻底改变了地球上复杂生命的命运。一个古老的、能够高效利用氧气产生能量的细菌，被一个更大的古核细胞所吞噬。然而，这并非一次简单的捕食，而是一场伟大共生的开端。这个被吞噬的细菌最终演变成了今天我 ...

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Genetics, the study of life processes, had two good and separate hours in the news last week. At Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., the Carnegie Institution of Washington conducted a genetics display to ...

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Is ethnocentrism wrong? It is certainly an ineffective way of getting people to like you or to respect you. It is an effective way of getting people to fear and resent you. If science adopts such a ...