Thanks for the definition, david. My intention was to start a discussion on
life. But is life just metabollism, growth and reproduction. Isn't life
something more than that... like responses to the environment, emotions and
fears.
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-----Original Message-----
From: David W. Bass <dwbass at appstate.campuscw.net>
To: 'jakku at mrna.tn.nic.in' <jakku at mrna.tn.nic.in>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: life
>There are 3 processes that define living organisms:
>Metabolism, regulated growth, and reproduction
>>>jayakumar <jakku at mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote in article
<76di86$ij7$1 at mserv2.dl.ac.uk>...
>> How do you define life ?
>>>> jakku
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