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1. Organism

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   An organism is a discrete, continuous entity exhibiting the characteristics of life, fundamentally defined by the capacity for self-sustaining chemical systems capable of Darwinian evolution [2]. Terrestrial organisms are universally recognized as carbon-based, aqueous systems whose internal organization actively resists local increases in entropy [4]. The study of organisms, termed Organismics or Organismal Science, seeks to catalogue, classify, and understand the fundamental operational principles …