Talk:Biological process

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The following was removed at the end of the article in my user space; I add it here for completeness, so that I can remove the article in my user space:

  1. Sometimes living things can actively move through their environment. [I think this is covered by #2, or is a sub-set of #2]
Above includes some edits, which I offer tentatively.
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When I said that life was defined differently today, I had in mind definitions which rely on features of molecular biology which are common to all life on Earth today, such as:
"All living things have long-chain nucleic acids and proteins".
This is of wider coverage than the old terms, because it includes even viruses. It leaves out prions, which are only doubtfully alive. Its weakness lies in lab test-tubes, which might contain nucleic acid and proteins! So now
"Living things are entities which use long-chain nucleic acids and proteins to reproduce themselves".

That's better, though less simple. Another approach is:

"Living beings are open systems which reproduce themselves using nucleic acids and proteins".
That's rather good, but requires the reader to know what an open system is.
Over to you! Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:23, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware that this "copy" is much shorter than what we had before, but ideally, itz is more accurate. It is a better point for re-starting the article. --Eptalon (talk) 11:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]