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Clones
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Elms are dying all over the place, it's Dutch elm disease. [...] It came from America on a load of logs, and it's a fungal disease. That makes it sound even more as if it might be possible to do something. The elms are all one elm, they are clones, that's why they are all succumbing. No natural resistance among the population, because no variation. Twins are clones, too. If you looked at an elm tree you'd never think it was part of all the others. You'd see an elm tree. Same when people look at
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― Among Others
― Among Others
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我們只是培育了他們的後備，等着，等到需要的時候，就用得着了。汽車的行李箱中有後備胎，沒有人知道它會替換四隻原來車胎中的哪一隻。但是四隻在使用中的車胎，一定會有一隻變壞⋯足球隊都有後備隊員，也沒有人會知哪一個正式球員會出毛病。後備放在那裏，用得到，就用，用不到，也沒有損失，因為我們已累積了相當的經驗，要培育一個後備，並不是甚麼難事。
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