Organism

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Organism:

Group of cells
An organism (from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon) 'instrument, implement, tool', and Ancient
Greek -ισμός (-ismós)) is any biological living system that functions as an individual life form.[1] All
organisms are composed of cells (cell theory).[1] The idea of organism is based on the concept of
minimal functional unit of life. Three traits have been proposed to play the main role in
qualification as an organism:

 noncompartmentability – structure that cannot be divided without its functionality loss, [2]
 individuality – the entity has simultaneous holding of genetic uniqueness, genetic
homogeneity and autonomy,[3]
 distinctness – genetic information has to maintain open-system (a cell).[

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