screen317 t1_jbsngi7 wrote
Reply to comment by Jale89 in I just learned that the known shortest DNA in an “organism” is about 1700 base pairs in a certain virus. Is there a minimum amount of “code” required for an organism (or virus) to function in any capacity? by mcbergstedt
> OP, the virus mentioned doesn't really represent an organism because it requires the mechanisms of a cell to replicate
There are a slew of obligate parasitic eukarotes that this definition disqualifies as an organism.
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