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.