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Reflections upon a new definition of life
What is life? Multiple definitions have been proposed to answer this question, but unfortunately, none of them has reached the consensus of the...
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On the definition of tree seedlings
Seedlings are the most critical bottleneck in plant recruitment, yet there is no practical and widely accepted definition of what a seedling is....
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Spices: Definition, Classification, History, and Role in Indian Life
Spices are natural products of plant origin, used primarily for flavoring and seasoning or for adding pungency and color to foods and beverages. The...
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Definition of Species and Mysteries of Evolution
We have already discussed that the nucleotide composition at each letter position of the codon is highly skewed from a completely random composition,...
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Rethinking life and predicting its origin
The definition, origin and recreation of life remain elusive. As others have suggested, only once we put life into reductionist physical terms will...
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Mid-life plasma proteins associated with late-life prefrailty and frailty: a proteomic analysis
Physical frailty is a syndrome that typically manifests in later life, although the pathogenic process causing physical frailty likely begins decades...
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Species and Forms of Life
Misunderstandings arise if we do not clearly distinguish the language of “species” common to conservation and “species” as forms of life. The common...
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Nature of Life: Structuralism and Functionalities
Purely from the naturalistic perspective, the phenomenon of life offers a challenge. There is no formal way to define what life is. In a generic...
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The Unique Logic of Life
As the philosopher Michael Thompson shows, there is a unique, rigorous, and systematic logical grammar in the language of life forms. The uniqueness...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Coal-Fired System
The abundance and stability of coal resources make it an important raw material for industries such steel, construction, coal chemical, and...
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When the “satisficing” is the new “fittest”: how a proscriptive definition of adaptation can change our view of cognition and culture
Since Darwin’s theory of evolution, adaptationism is frequently invoked to explain cognition and cultural processes. Adaptationism can be described...
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Life Forms of Aquatic Organisms
This chapter gives a kind of minimal introduction to the organisms living in water, as far as it is needed for an ecology textbook. It will not focus...
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Synopsis of the aurantiactinomyxon collective group (Cnidaria, Myxozoa), with a discussion on the validity of morphotype definition and demise of guyenotia
Aurantiactinomyxon is one of the most diverse myxozoan collective groups, comprising types that mostly infect freshwater and marine oligochaetes...
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Definition, Concept, and Characteristics of Dry Land Farming
Dry land farming is the cultivation of crops in the regions with annual rainfall more than 750 mm and crop growing season of 75–120 days with...
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Towards a definition of microglia heterogeneity
High dimensional single-cell analysis such as single cell and single nucleus RNA sequencing (sc/snRNAseq) are currently being widely applied to...
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A comparative assessment of microbial biodiesel and its life cycle analysis
Biodiesel is a type of sustainable, biodegradable energy made from natural sources like vegetable oils, animal fat, and from microbes. Unlike...
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What is life?
BackgroundMany traditional biological concepts continue to be debated by biologists, scientists and philosophers of science. The specific objective...
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A Thermodynamic Definition of Ecosystems
An ecosystem is a self-contained, self-regulating, self-organizing, interconnected, open thermodynamic network of component parts which evolves as a...
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Relationships among Development, Growth, Body Size, Reproduction, Aging, and Longevity – Trade-Offs and Pace-Of-Life
AbstractRelationships of growth, metabolism, reproduction, and body size to the biological process of aging and longevity have been studied for...
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Conceptual modelling for life sciences based on systemist foundations
BackgroundAll aspects of our society, including the life sciences, need a mechanism for people working within them to represent the concepts they...
