Perplexed in Peoria  wrote or quoted:
> "TomHendricks474"  wrote in message

> > By the way, what is your opinion on dimers as being a part of selection
> > pressure?
> 
> Tom, as I have said several times, and as several other people have
> said, it doesn't even make sense to TALK about "selection" of
> entities that do not reproduce.

It does make *some* sense.

Selection is normally all about choosing.

To give an example, lighning can selectively strike and destroy tall 
objects regardless of whether they self-reproduce or not - and that's
a type of selective process.

What isn't possible without reproduction is evolution and life.
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