Genome Diversity Center, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2011 Oct;29(2):259-66. doi: 10.1080/073911011010524992.
Analysis of the vocabulary of 123 tabulated definitions of life reveals nine groups of defining terms (definientia) of which the groups (self-)reproduction and evolution (variation) appear as the minimal set for a concise and inclusive definition: Life is self-reproduction with variations.
对 123 个表格化生命定义的词汇分析揭示了九组定义术语(definientia),其中自我繁殖和进化(变异)这两个组是简洁和全面定义的最小集合:生命是具有变异的自我繁殖。