The resulting bacteria made with the new code were indeed a living organism, but the researchers found that they grow around four times slower than the parent strain—a problem they hope to eventually fix.
9% reduction in genome size. 400% increase in replication time. Impressive feat of generic engineering or truly terrible compression algorithm?
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Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
9% reduction in genome size. 400% increase in replication time. Impressive feat of generic engineering or truly terrible compression algorithm?
salty_chief@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Okay, so slowly shrink it down to non-existence? Why does that remind me of high school?
Doxatek@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
Wat
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
In highschool, they shrunk down out of existence
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ah ok.
obbeel@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Well, part of science is to push the boundaries.