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Organisms possess extraordinary attributes, properties that distinguish them from other collections of matter. What are these distinguishing features of living organisms?

— Albert L. Lehninger

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Despite these common properties, and the fundamental unity of life they reveal, it is difficult to make generalizations about living organisms.

The upper limit of cell size is probably set by the rate of diffusion of solute molecules in aqueous systems.

The unity and diversity of organisms become apparent even at the cellular level.

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