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Perhaps you got that backwards.


The article said that these criteria define life but  there are exceptions. All of the exceptions are examples where organisms do not meet the criteria but are still considered to be life. Not the other way around. So viruses are considered to be life even though they don't meet all the criteria.


Additionally while the criteria was not intended to address specifically the undeveloped zygote it was intended to address every single organism on the planet which would necessarily include all the developmental stages of every species.


You may all read the article and see for yourselves.


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