Scientists shrink the genetic code of E. coli to contain only 57 of its usual 64 codons (phys.org)
from Domino@quokk.au to science@mander.xyz on 03 Aug 00:55
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salty_chief@lemmy.world on 03 Aug 02:31 next collapse

Okay, so slowly shrink it down to non-existence? Why does that remind me of high school?

Doxatek@mander.xyz on 03 Aug 03:00 next collapse

Wat

kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 03 Aug 04:28 collapse

In highschool, they shrunk down out of existence

NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world on 03 Aug 09:31 collapse

Ah ok.

obbeel@mander.xyz on 03 Aug 11:04 collapse

Well, part of science is to push the boundaries.

Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Aug 03:59 collapse

The resulting bacteria made with the new code were indeed a living organism, but the researchers found that they grow around four times slower than the parent strain—a problem they hope to eventually fix. 

9% reduction in genome size. 400% increase in replication time. Impressive feat of generic engineering or truly terrible compression algorithm?

ButtBidet@hexbear.net on 03 Aug 08:47 collapse

Space vs time complexity