Vocabulary of Definitions of Life Suggests a Definition

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Authors	TRIFONOV Eduard
Year of publication	2011
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics
MU Faculty or unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Citation
Web	http://web.iitd.ac.in/~amittal/2011_2012_JBSD_Def_Life.pdf
Field	Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords	Consensus; Definientia; Evolution; Origin of life; Self-reproduction; Variations; Vocabulary
Description	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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