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Taq
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Message 28 of 71 (561587)
05-21-2010 2:47 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by Flyer75
05-21-2010 12:45 PM


I'll add for the record that I don't think there are any evolutionists claiming this proves evolution in the sense of soup to man evolution.
Am I right about this?
This is a proof of concept with designer organisms in mind. Molecular biologists have been inserting short sequences of genes into bacteria for ages now, but this technology is quite limited. You have to use the bacteria to replicate the DNA of interest and you are usually limited to about 30k bases. You are also stuck with the background genome which can include genes you don't want.
What this work has shown is that you can make an entire genome syntheticially. This is huge. You can now control the genetic background and the genes of interest at the same time. I would expect that there will soon be a new commercially available synthetic E. coli specifically designed for molecular biological research. I would expect that the genome will be stripped down and be tailor made for a specific medium. A company could make quite a bit of money off this type of bug and it would be a great tool for the lab.

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