New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-letter genetic code

Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by fatboy93 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @09:36PM (#13518259)

> It's good as long self-termination is a nice-to-have feature. If you REALLY want them to self-terminate but you found out that they mutated and can now synthesize X & Y, you're in trouble.

That's the premise of Jurassic Park 1, except with an amino acid.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by arximboldi on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:22AM (#13518896)

There is this soviet science fiction story with a similar premise, but self-replicating machines:

Crabs On The Island (Russian 1958, English 1968) (original: Kraby idut po ostrovu), by Anatoly Dneprov

http://arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/15r.pdf

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