Science, asked by keshavkumar5, 1 year ago

viruses are considered at the border line between living and nonliving things why

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Answered by crystaldesuza
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viruses are considered at the borderline of living and non living things because they both show the characteristics of living and non living.As they reacts like non living in the free atmosphere but they enter in the body of living organisms then they shows the features of living and non living things and start reproduction

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Answered by Xenoz
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Virus is considered as a border line the living and the non-living due to the following reasons-
1.It could can reproduce, eat,move and  multiply into numbers when inside a host organism,i.e. can perform all the functions which the living beings are capable of.
2. But is unable to reproduce,grow, respire, feed, excrete or move when it is alone or not with or inside a host.

As, it functions both as  a living and a non-living organism so it could be considered as a border line between the living and the non-living.

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