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Deoxys

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blackrose

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I have been wondering this for some time now, and i hope people can answer my question. Is deoxys in anyway based on DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)? And the arms also look like a double helix.
 
The crystalline organ on its chest reminds me of the "head" of a virus, where all the genetic information is kept. I suppose that's why the games say it's Deoxys's brain.
 
Would that mean the crystaline organ is a nucleus?

I wonder what else it's based off.
 
Yonowaru in Chaos said:
Yes it is.

I think it stems from the fact that a virus has DNA even though it is not considered a life form.
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what you mean viruses aren't considered a life form? Of course its considered a life form, they are considered one-celled organisms.
 
shinygroudon232 said:
what you mean viruses aren't considered a life form? Of course its considered a life form, they are considered one-celled organisms.
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*facepalm*

Viruses aren't cellular, and so are not classically considered to be alive because they don't meet all stipulations put forth in cell theory. Although there is debate as to whether or not the definition of life itself should be changed to reflect that viruses have genes and can evolve, to say that they're single-cell organisms is just wrong.
 
Deoxys is indeed based on DNA / viruses. It seems like I've known that for a while, but I never noticed / registered the deoxy in DNA, altough it seems incredibly obvious now.

Another thing I never really thought about until now it that viruses frequently change form, making it harder to create medicine for them. Deoxys' form changing isn't just thown in randomly; it's a manfestation of this real life virus property.
 
If you look at the first three forms, they are Normal, Attack and Defence. If you put the first letter of those three forms in a specific order, you get DNA.
 
If you look at the first three forms, they are Normal, Attack and Defence. If you put the first letter of those three forms in a specific order, you get DNA.
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Coincidence? I think so, cooz otherwise, what about the speed form?
 
R. New said:
Most, if not all, viruses have RNA, and some people do consider them to be life forms.
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It is debateable, nevertheless...

R. New said:
They only show any signs of being alive when they come into contact with a living cell. All the rest of the time they're a crystal.
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...for those reasons.

shinygroudon232 said:
what you mean viruses aren't considered a life form? Of course its considered a life form, they are considered one-celled organisms.
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I think you have viral organisms confused with bacteria.

lalala_machine said:
*facepalm*

Viruses aren't cellular, and so are not classically considered to be alive because they don't meet all stipulations put forth in cell theory. Although there is debate as to whether or not the definition of life itself should be changed to reflect that viruses have genes and can evolve, to say that they're single-cell organisms is just wrong.
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I'm rather malnourished in this subject. I do know the Cell Theory but do you know if viral organisms have any 'evolutionary' linkage to cellular organisms?

jellsprout said:
If you look at the first three forms, they are Normal, Attack and Defence. If you put the first letter of those three forms in a specific order, you get DNA.
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hehe, Speed stuffed it up.
 
Yonowaru in Chaos said:
hehe, Speed stuffed it up.
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Yeah, well they just HAD to make a new form for Emerald. It was all perfect in R/S and FR/LG.
If made a speed based form, why not make a HP based form? Heheh... reminds me of Blissey.
I guess they ran out of games to put new forms on... although they could've put normal on either Ruby or Sapphire and HP form on the other...
 
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