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This project is about designing an organism that resembles the Last Universal Common Ancestor and whose construction is feaseble.  
This project is about designing an organism that resembles the Last Universal Common Ancestor and whose construction is feasible.  


We have to start by:
We have to start by:


* Estimate the genomic size of luca.
* Estimate the genomic size of LUCA.
Recent estimates sugest that LUCA was complex and probably had more than 600 genes ([http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/users/ctf20/dphil_2005/CSNs/Minimal%20Genome/nrmicro751.pdf Kooning 2003]).
* Check if a RNA genome can sustain such genome size.
* Check if a RNA genome can sustain such genome size.
* Does it had the necesary genetic machinery to support DNA?
* Does it had the necesary genetic machinery to support DNA?

Revision as of 12:21, 10 November 2009

This project is about designing an organism that resembles the Last Universal Common Ancestor and whose construction is feasible.

We have to start by:

  • Estimate the genomic size of LUCA.

Recent estimates sugest that LUCA was complex and probably had more than 600 genes (Kooning 2003).

  • Check if a RNA genome can sustain such genome size.
  • Does it had the necesary genetic machinery to support DNA?

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