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Origins of Sex: Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination PUB20050125 is a useful resource forA fascinating and detailed examination of the evolution and occasional devolution of sexuality in microorganisms and more complex forms of life. Margulis and Sagan trace sex from its inauspicious beginnings in bacteria threatened by ultraviolet radiation to its intimate relation with the origin of mitotic division of nucleated cells. The origin of meiotic sex through cannibalism followed by centriole reproductive tardiness and the connection of cell