Life: The Science of Biology
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The ways, in which the origin of life found on another planet is different from that on the Earth.
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On the planet Earth, the life is diverse. Despite the high diversity, organisms are still found to show common features. The cells are made of a similar set of chemical compounds such as carbohydrate,
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