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Jale89 t1_jbnneoi wrote

Reply to comment by RaptureAusculation in I just learned that the known shortest DNA in an “organism” is about 1700 base pairs in a certain virus. Is there a minimum amount of “code” required for an organism (or virus) to function in any capacity? by mcbergstedt

No: this is more like comparing a Raspberry Pi to a full modern PC - all the same modern bits but simpler. Comparing to the first life on earth would be like the first computers, with radically different components and operating principals to achieve the same functions.

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