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But can it reproduce?
by MayeulC 5y ago
But can it reproduce?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- netizen-936824 5y agoThese types of Genetically Recoded Organisms can reproduce, but they are required to be grown on a special media containing the extra nucleic acids or the amino acids. This is actually a neat type of way to prevent modified organisms from escaping the research environment and growing in the wild.
- MayeulC 5y agoThanks for the clarification. That's what I meant, and it counts as reproducing in my book.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoIn a movie, it would mutate, escape, then somebody would claim "life finds a way".
- stevenwoo 5y agoHorizontal gene transfer makes mutation unnecessary, and for single cell organisms, natural selection in action.
- 323 5y agoUntil they evolve enzymes to convert regular amino acids into the extra ones.
- netizen-936824 5y agoDo you think they can even survive for long enough outside the special media for that to happen? The most common method of escape that I read about is a genetic mutation that swaps out the recoded substitution for an amino acid that happens the keep the protein viable. This is preventable if you simply use multiple substitutions in multiple places. That makes the probability of viable escape next to nothing if done well.