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Organisms consist of many components that are strictly ordered in time and space. The organized interactions of these components establish conditions for the integrity of life. In our view, discreteness and organization should be singled out in the first place as the fundamental qualities of living systems.
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Zhegunov, G. (2012). Discreteness, Order, Organization, and Integrity . In: The Dual Nature of Life. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30394-4_4
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