http://clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/date/2008/5/10/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/date/2008/5/10/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/10564E8E-7B03-4D47-98B2-704194C0A25E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/deb2012/">deb2012</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> creating a new tree of life for artificial biology---there are now four classifications of life: Natural Biological, Genetically-Engineered Biological, Synthetic Biological, and Synthetic Nonbiological <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=767" title="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=767">www.acceleratingfuture.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>A proposed name for the new kingdom of synthetic life: <EM>Anthropobiota</EM>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The first member of <EM>Anthropobiota</EM> will likely be <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_laboratorium"><EM>Mycoplasma laboratorium</EM></A>, at the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Craig_Venter_Institute">J. Craig Venter Institute</A>. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The point of <EM>Mycoplasma laboratorium</EM> is to implement a “minimal bacterial genome”, a jumping-off point for future synthetic species. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">All of these species would fall under <EM>Anthropobiota</EM>, as long as the genetic material is entirely synthetic. If not, that’s just genetic engineering.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Two different species within <EM>Anthropobiota</EM> need not evolve from other species in the same group. Each one would be created from scratch, by scientists in a lab. </div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/science/" rel="tag">science</a></div>http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=767Sat, 10 May 2008 20:32:03 GMT