Scientists Are Able to Produce a Line of Living Cells

question 44

Multiple Choice

Scientists are able to produce a line of living cells from scratch. In other words these cells have no parents. How do they do this?

• A) They synthesized a few genes from a living species of bacteria, inserted them into a cell lacking any DNA, and the cell was able to reproduce.
• B) They synthesized an entire genome of a living species of bacteria, inserted it into a cell lacking any DNA, and the cell was able to reproduce.
• C) They synthesized a few entirely new genes and inserted them into a bacterial cell with incomplete DNA, and the cell was able to reproduce.
• D) They synthesized an entirely new genome of their own invention, inserted it into a bacterial cell lacking DNA, and the cell was able to reproduce.
• E) They synthesized an entirely new genome and bacterial cell, combined the two, and the cell was able to reproduce.

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