There are 5 kingdoms; Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, Kingdom Minera, and Kingdom Protistae. Why isn’t there another one for viruses, since they fit in neither of these kingdoms, due to the lack of DNA?
There are 5 kingdoms; Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, Kingdom Minera, and Kingdom Protistae. Why isn’t there another one for viruses, since they fit in neither of these kingdoms, due to the lack of DNA?
On top of that, there are various definitions of life and they all have trouble with weird edge cases like viruses, self replicating RNA, some crystals etc. I prefer the consensus list definition. If it’s on the list it’s alive. If not, it’s dead. Want something in the list? Convince the scientific community that your new edge cases is alive.