In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
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Question: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies served to provide necessary scientific tension in order to accelerate and enhance developments in behavioral genetics , helping it gain traction as a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

Answer: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies developed behavioral genetics , and helped it become a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .


Question: The earliest clear statement of how chromosomes may spread in a population not because of their positive fitness effects on the individual organism , but because of their own " parasitic " nature came from the Swedish botanist and cytogeneticist Gunnar O ̈ stergren in 1945 .

Answer: The Swedish botanist and cytogeneticist Gunnar O ̈ stergren in 1945 noted how chromosomes may spread in a population because of their own ” parasitic ” nature .


Question: In computing , a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules .

Answer:
In terms of computer security , a firewall is a piece of software .