your distinction about replication whether its a meaningful distinction or not does not change the fact that they ordered the chemicals a specific manner ( DNA) and then injected them in a cell.
the were modeling the DNA structure. A structure which is exceeding far from randomized chemical combinations.
I just read an npr article. They did no even know the function of some of the genes they selected but they found them necessary.
they did not just plop some chemicals into a living cell.
it certainly does not show how life evolved from non life here on earth. It shows how life can be replicated.
Dr. Venter replicated part of the process and then put the dna into a living cell.
the were modeling the DNA structure. A structure which is exceeding far from randomized chemical combinations.
I just read an npr article. They did no even know the function of some of the genes they selected but they found them necessary.
they did not just plop some chemicals into a living cell.
it certainly does not show how life evolved from non life here on earth. It shows how life can be replicated.
Dr. Venter replicated part of the process and then put the dna into a living cell.