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Pani-rosa [81]
3 years ago
12

What’s the reason scientists still refer to viruses as non- living ?

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1 answer:
Sonja [21]3 years ago
6 0

Viruses are not considered "alive" because they lack many of the properties that scientists associate with living organisms. Primarily, they lack the ability to reproduce without the aid of a host cell, and don't use the typical cell- division approach to replication.

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