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The existence of individual life, that is, the existence of each individual cell or multicellular organism, is physically and genetically limited in time. The main reason for the deterioration and destruction of organisms is their inevitable degradation based on the second law of thermodynamics, which is only temporarily overcome by them thanks to genetic programs for maintaining integrity.
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Zhegunov, G., Pogozhykh, D. (2023). Self-reproduction of Genomes and Living Bodies. In: Life. Death. Immortality.. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27552-4_9
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