Do You Think That "Artificial Life" Would Be Created If

question 29

Multiple Choice

Do you think that "artificial life" would be created if a synthetic genome inserted into an existing bacterial cell were to be fully functional?

• A) Yes, since synthetic DNA works, the cells that contain it are artificial.
• B) No, since the existing bacterial cell contains all the elements of life except for a functional genome.
• C) No. Isn't this just transformation at the genomic level?
• D) No, because the new cell was derived from an existing cell.
• E) b, c, and d

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