I wonder why the parent comment is downvoted. To a layman like me, it sounds completely reasonable.
Maintaining an exact copy of RNA/DNA through generations and generations is a real challenge, right? Loosening up the copying mechanisms to allow for more mistakes would probably be quite easy to achieve, if that was beneficial, right?
I’d be interested to hear what makes the idea wrong.
Maintaining an exact copy of RNA/DNA through generations and generations is a real challenge, right? Loosening up the copying mechanisms to allow for more mistakes would probably be quite easy to achieve, if that was beneficial, right?
I’d be interested to hear what makes the idea wrong.