Scientists synthesize the shortest known genome necessary for life
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 14:11
in Biology & Nature
Chipping away at the genome of a tiny parasitic bacteria, genetic-sequencing trailblazer J. Craig Venter and colleagues say they’ve synthesized the shortest-known genome known to support life. This man-made set of genetic instructions contains only 473 genes, breaking the record held by the bacteria...