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Organism

An organism is any living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult.

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Organisms at differing levels of biological organisation

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Whether criteria exist, or are needed

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Etymology

Whether criteria exist, or are needed

Organisms at differing levels of biological organisation

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Organism

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples67
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
Components1

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Organism

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related to Viruses · 10
Organism → Although, As, However, If, In, Instead, Most, The, Thus, Viruses
related to Organisms at differing levels of biological organisation · 9
Organism → David Queller, Differing, Joan Strassmann, Muñoz, Queller, Samuel Díaz, Strassmann's, The, They
related to Etymology · 8
Organism → Ancient Greek, Critique, English, Immanuel Kant, In, It, Judgment, The
related to Evolutionary emergence of organisms · 7
Organism → According, Darwinian, DNA, Earth, RNA, The, The RNA
related to Whether criteria exist, or are needed · 5
Organism → Among, Claude Shannon's, Erwin Schrödinger, However, Richard Dawkins
related to Organism-like colonies · 4
Organism → In, Jack, The, Wilson
related to Synthetic organisms · 3
Organism → An, Scientists, The
is a · 1
Organism → microorganism such as a protist

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organisms viruses cells would like evolutionary metabolism species reproduction evolve composed evolved many functions colonial criteria cases individual living view

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Organismis amicroorganism such as a protist0.90text
a jellyfishinstance ofbut the whole structure looks and functions much like an animal0.80text
the parts collaborating to provide the functions of the colonial organism.The evolutionary biologists David Quellerinstance ofbut the whole structure looks and functions much like an animal0.80text
Joan Strassmann suggest thatinstance ofbut the whole structure looks and functions much like an animal0.80text
adaptive organisationinstance ofa colony of eusocial insects fulfills criteria0.80text
germ-soma specialisationinstance ofa colony of eusocial insects fulfills criteria0.80text
a protistinstance ofA unicellular organism is a microorganism0.80text
bacteriuminstance ofA unicellular organism is a microorganism0.80text
or archaeaninstance ofA unicellular organism is a microorganism0.80text
composed of a single cellinstance ofA unicellular organism is a microorganism0.80text
which may contain functional structures called organellesinstance ofA unicellular organism is a microorganism0.80text
an animalinstance ofA multicellular organism0.80text

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