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| − | A virus can live only inside a living cell. With respect to Mars this means that if there are no native Martian microbes, there are no native Martian Viruses either. | + | A virus is a parasitic [[Biology|form of life]] which undergo Darwinian evolution that can live only inside a living cell. (It hijacks the cell's molecular machinery to reproduce itself.) With respect to Mars this means that if there are no native Martian microbes, there are no native Martian Viruses either. |
| − | Viruses will come with humans to Mars. | + | Viruses will come with humans to Mars and be part of a settlement [[Biology|biological system]]. |
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Latest revision as of 14:34, 22 September 2024
A virus is a parasitic form of life which undergo Darwinian evolution that can live only inside a living cell. (It hijacks the cell's molecular machinery to reproduce itself.) With respect to Mars this means that if there are no native Martian microbes, there are no native Martian Viruses either.
Viruses will come with humans to Mars and be part of a settlement biological system.
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