Name: Anonymous 2007-09-19 13:40 ID:0vzzPU+N
Let's assume you have DNA from a random species. Would it be possible to recreate a working cell just from the genetic information in the DNA? Obviously without taking another cell that's compatible or other tricks. I mean creating one from scratch.
In "reallife" new cells are never created, they only divide one way or another. Does the DNA contain a "plan" on *how* a cell is built, or is it more like instructions "do this, create that protein, make a membrane, repeat", which only work if you have a cell in the first place to "execute" them? I'd say the latter, but I'm no expert.
In "reallife" new cells are never created, they only divide one way or another. Does the DNA contain a "plan" on *how* a cell is built, or is it more like instructions "do this, create that protein, make a membrane, repeat", which only work if you have a cell in the first place to "execute" them? I'd say the latter, but I'm no expert.