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Genetic Variability. What does the first born inherit from mom and what from dad? and the second born is a whole new mixture of mom & dad (this occurs during "cross-over") This is what leaves some siblings being weaker and others being stronger. And since "only the fittest survive", natural selection chooses the best and allows the weakest to die, improving the new "gene-pool" overall!

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