UnfinishedProjects t1_jbou27j wrote on March 10, 2023 at 4:15 PM

Reply to comment by Dr_Vesuvius 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

You made me understand primordial soup for the first time. I mean I understood what they meant but I never thought about it being an actual soup of all the required ingredients.

BiggestFlower t1_jbovaje wrote on March 10, 2023 at 4:23 PM

You were probably contemplating primordial, when you should have been considering soup.

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