Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons
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Okay, so slowly shrink it down to non-existence? Why does that remind me of high school?
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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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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?
Space vs time complexity
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Okay, so slowly shrink it down to non-existence? Why does that remind me of high school?
Well, part of science is to push the boundaries.