We are talking about an organism that was created on the basis of a synthetic cell “developed” five years ago. She had 473 genes, but was able to produce daughter organisms of all shapes and sizes.

Experts “have constructed dozens of variants”, within which genes were added and then removed, writes Cell. Along the way, scientists watched how genetic changes affected cell growth and division. As a result, they achieved that the organism they created began to divide successfully, creating their own kind.

According to recent reports, new research by experts is aimed at studying the function of the rest of the DNA of the “creature”