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Defining Lyfe in the Universe: From Three Privileged Functions to Four Pillars

Motivated by the need to paint a more general picture of what life is—and could be—with respect to the rest of the phenomena of the universe, we propose a new vocabulary for astrobiological research. Lyfe is defined as any system that fulfills all four processes of the living state, namely: dissipat...

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Autores principales: Bartlett, Stuart, Wong, Michael L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316364
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life10040042