Creating a Virtual Plant
from the now-this-would-be-an-advance dept
The 2010 project aims to identify and model all the proteins and genes within a small, simple plant called Arabidopsis to create a virtual plant. This a lofty goal but if they are successful it’ll be a lot more of an advance than just reading the genome. With all the recent hype about the human genome being sequenced soon, people seem to have forgotten that sequencing doesn’t mean that much unless you understand what each gene does. So until we get the virtual human project, I guess I’ll just have to get hyped about a little plant (maybe not!).
Comments on “Creating a Virtual Plant”
Then..
Then all they need to do is create a virtual plant pot, watering can etc.
Re: Then..
Then create all of the micro-flora and fauna in the soil, then all the bacteria phages that interact with these bacteria, then maybe atomic, then subatomic!