The number of genes encoded in the mitochondrial chromosome, 37, reminds me of the 29 states in Von Neumann’s universal constructor [1]. [1] https://en.wikiped

The number of genes encoded in the mitochondrial chromosome, 37, reminds me of the 29 states in Von Neumann’s universal constructor [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_universal_constructor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_universal_construc...