Kintisch, Eli,

Is Life That Simple?. Eli Kintisch. - Discover, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 27, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Is Life That Simple?, April 2001; pp. 66-71.

"As a team of researchers strips genes from the simplest bacterium to create a life-form nature never thought of, some wonder what might happen if it gets out of the lab." (DISCOVER) This article examines a project that scientists, in an effort to learn more about gene-function, designed to create the least genetically complex, multicellular organism capable of life.

1522-3264;


Artificial life.
Bacterial genetics.
Genetic engineering--Moral and ethical aspects.
Genetics--Research.
Mycoplasmatales.

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