Can anyone here sum up the basis/fopundation for ALL living things; plants, animals, bacteria, protists and fungi? Could you reduce it to one simple statement or equation?
2006-09-10 08:50:11 · 6 answers · asked by Eric D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Water. Without water life would not exist as it causes the shaping of molecules that are hydrophobic away from an aqueous environment and allowed for the formation of the first cellular membranes.
The ability of life forms to reproduce (pass on there form and function) lies in DNA. However, DNA alone does not equal life.
2006-09-10 09:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Previous answers that say "DNA" are incorrect.
The genetic material can be DNA or RNA...
I would say that the basis of all life comes from DNA and/or RNA because genomic DNA and RNA code for proteins that determine the structures and functions (biochemical) of living cells, which make up all living things (that we know of on earth).
2006-09-10 09:16:01 · answer #2 · answered by scz586 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question is unanswerable .. some of the bases for life are
in our life form Carbon .. in Octopi it is copper .. DNA is the blue print for life not the basis .. the basis for all life could best be generally alluded to as cell and structure .. but firmly the basis of life is a meanlingless question without another point of reference
2006-09-10 11:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by The old man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basis of life is DNA
2006-09-10 08:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protoplasm, simple or nucleated, is the formal basis of all life.
2006-09-10 08:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA
2006-09-10 08:55:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋