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Life should be redefined: Any molecule with the ability to self-replicate should be considered life

2024-09-20

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Understanding the nature of life and its propensity for reproduction has long been a question that humans aspire to answer. Reproduction, a defining characteristic of life, fundamentally involves the replication of genetic material, be it DNA or RNA. The driving force behind this replication process has always intrigued scientists. In recent years, theories involving selfish genes, the RNA world, and entropic forc...

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Literature Corpus work: d6fac242-f4e6-5ab3-9e5f-04c765e4465d
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.151912.2

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