Non-cellular life
Life that has no cellular structure / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Non-cellular life, also known as acellular life, is life that exists without a cellular structure for at least part of its life cycle.[1] Historically, most definitions of life postulated that an organism must be composed of one or more cells,[2] but, for some, this is no longer considered necessary, and modern criteria allow for forms of life based on other structural arrangements.[3][4][5]
This article is about life that has no cellular structure. For the syncytial and plasmodial forms of cellular life sometimes referred to as "acellular", see Multinucleate.
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