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Synthetic life created with minimum number of genes needed to survive…
Interestingly, we don’t understand the function of a third of those genes:
About 32 percent of the genetic ingredients ultimately needed to cook up even a simple organism were left out of the initial recipe because the researchers didn’t know what the genes did and didn’t understand their importance. Once those genes were mixed back into the batter, the bacteria sprung to life.