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Bodies, Processes, Mechanisms and Interactions

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The Dual Nature of Life

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Living bodies are autonomous, physical, and highly organized biological systems of interacting molecules that possess biological characteristics and properties. Their various interacting processes are determined by certain mechanisms.

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Zhegunov, G. (2012). Bodies, Processes, Mechanisms and Interactions. In: The Dual Nature of Life. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30394-4_13

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