Question

why are viruses considered as being at the 'borderline' between living and non living things? In brief.​

Answer 1

Viruses are considered on the borderline of living and non living because only when they are inside a living cell do they fulfil the criteria of being regarded asliving entities. Outside, they act as non living entities.

Answer 2

It is a dead and inactive while floating in air or in contact with non-living object.

But in a living system, it is able to exchange it's DNA it's active, living.

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