From synthetic biology to sequencing The Hindu Science Quiz
Researchers are working on a DNA-inspired storage system that can hold massive amount of data, without taking much space
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Synthetic biology is linked to the study of...
- Artificial life
- Artificial intelligence
- Machines based on life systems
- Machines run like human organs
Synthetic biology is the field of research in which the main objective is to create fully operational biological systems from the smallest constituent parts possible, including DNA, proteins, and other organic molecules.
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What is biomimetics?
- The proper name for robotics.
- Study of synthesising material or machines resembling life systems
- Fictional field of study first referred in the Star Trek series
- Effort to recreate Earth-like life systems in other planets
Biomimetics is an interdisciplinary field in which principles from engineering, chemistry and biology are applied to the synthesis of materials, synthetic systems or machines that have functions that mimic biological processes.
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2010 marks the watershed year for artificial life research. Why?
- Scientists replaced the DNA of cells of bacteria with synthetic DNA
- Scientists created the first bioweapon
- Scientists created the first independent life form without the help of natural life forms
- Scientists were told to destroy the first cell they created in a lab
Scientists at J. Craig Venter Institute constructed the first cell with a synthetic genome in 2010.
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Sequencing of the human genome was completed in 2003. How many other species have been genome-sequenced so far?
- Less than 10
- Not more than 100
- At least 250
- At least 10,000
More than 250 animal species and 50 species of birds alone have been genome-sequenced, and the list continues to grow almost daily.
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By now we all know that humans and chimps share almost 99% of genes. What's the score of the cow?
- 99.8%. That's why it's considered holy in India
- 80%. Humans are not even close to cows
- 96%. And cows are trying hard to catch up
- 50%. After all we are both mammals.
Humans share a more recent common ancestor with rodents than they do with cows.
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