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Reproduction is one of the main properties of living bodies, and is an obligatory condition for organismal life and for the continuous existence of different species. Species propagation is a constant process of reproduction, creating new generations of representatives from all types of organisms. The existence of each specific cell or multicellular organism is temporally limited, which is why the “immortality” of a species can only be achieved by reproduction. All species consist of individual representatives, each one of which eventually dies, while, due to the phenomenon of reproduction, the life of a species continues.
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Zhegunov, G. (2012). Reproduction and Individual Development. In: The Dual Nature of Life. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30394-4_9
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