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Vocabulary of Definitions of Life Suggests a Definition

Edward N. Trifonov Genome Diversity Center, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel; Department of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-61137, Brno, Czech Republic
Pages 259-266 | Received 17 Mar 2011, Published online: 11 Jul 2012

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