Itself the remnant of a strange evolutionary event (the merger of an ancient bacterium with the cell ancestral to all plant and animal life), it also carries the imprint of more recent evolution.

它本身就是奇异的进化事件的遗迹(古代细菌和细胞—所有动植物的祖先细胞——的融合体)，同时，它还带着比较近期进化的印记。

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A whole different application area for wireless networks is the expected merger of cell phones and PDAs into tiny wireless computers.

无线网络一个完全不同的应用领域是预期手机和PDA两者的合并成很小的无线计算机。

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If we lived in a world with only two cell phone providers who were trying to merge to become a monopoly, blocking that merger would be a no-brainer.

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