[math-fun] 473-gene "artificial bactierium"

Venter et al made their long-awaited "artificial bacterium" (actually synthetic DNA that they managed to get inside a bacterium to "boot up" a wholy artificial design for living being, which of course was based on 473 known natural genes). They think or hope that 473 is near minimum possible. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org <-- add your endorsement (by clicking "endorse" as 1st step)