Evolution in schools; legal trap (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 00:41 (4549 days ago) @ David Turell

What about Virii and prions? Virii work by taking over a cellular host, by directly altering some physical structure. This process require energy... and meets all the other criterion of life.
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> > Further, there is nothing I've read to counter the idea that virii didn't evolve from a more complex form... meaning that under this definition life can become animate nonlife--creating a category we've never dealt with hI.
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> Virii are parasitic, alive but not independent at any time. Other living parasites were initially independent. As such I would classify virii as not complete life under proper definition.-Well, if there was a "proper" definition, Tony's site wouldn't exist!

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