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It is well known that life is cellular and only cellular: all tissues and organs of all animals and plants are organized assemblies of cells—so that we can consider the cell as the elemental constituent of life on this planet.
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Luisi, P.L. (2017). The Cellular Space—The Space of Life. In: Wuppuluri, S., Ghirardi, G. (eds) Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44418-5_28
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