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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Entire Synthetic Genome Created


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A micrograph shows a synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium genome during a roughly 0.6-second period.

The feat is the first time an entire genome has been stitched together in the lab—an important step toward creating synthetic life, according to the creators.

Photograph courtesy J. Craig Venter Institute