Biological Science (7th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134678320
Author: Scott Freeman, Kim Quillin, Lizabeth Allison, Michael Black, Greg Podgorski, Emily Taylor, Jeff Carmichael
Publisher: PEARSON
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Essential factors that need to be demonstrated by researchers to convince the discovery of life on another planet
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To live life on any planet, there are certain factors that the researchers need to demonstrate to convince us that they had discovered life on another planet. A body can be defined as living, if it performs some basic life processes such as growth,
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