doi: 10.1080/073911011010524992.
Vocabulary of definitions of life suggests a definition
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Vocabulary of definitions of life suggests a definition
J Biomol Struct Dyn.
2011 Oct.
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Abstract
Analysis of the vocabulary of 123 tabulated definitions of life reveals nine groups of defining terms (definientia) of which the groups (self-)reproduction and evolution (variation) appear as the minimal set for a concise and inclusive definition: Life is self-reproduction with variations.
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