2007-01-11 13:28:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
We can use biological enzymes and templates to synthesize DNA in tubes very well thank you. PCR is an example of this.
We can also use machines to synthesize short pieces of DNA without a template. However, there are size limitations to what we can make artificially.
2007-01-12 01:46:27 · answer #1 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to synthesize DNA...and there have been many close attempts, yet they have all failed. The problem is polymerizing the DNA, and actually allowing the chemicals to take the shape, and have the properties of DNA...but in the past it has been attempted, and the elements are fairly simple, since the elements available at the time that DNA was first formed were limited. I personally do not think DNA should be synthesized because it is not right for man to give life, and if DNA is able to be created, life is able to be created.
2007-01-11 13:37:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We do not have the technology to create DNA from scratch because we cant see the molecules that make up DNA so how can we put them together. It would also require enzymes and creating bonds which would be difficult to achieve.
BUT if you are talking about synthesizing DNA using a cell, that is possible because we can use the nucleus, RNAs, and enzymes to synthesize a DNA just as when a cell devides and copies its DNA. It would be difficult to do but achievable.
2007-01-11 13:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can work backwards off of a mRNA template. It requires an enzyme called reverse transcriptase and the base pairs. However, you do not get the full sequence because the introns were spliced out before you obtained the mRNA.
2007-01-11 14:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by superchef567 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES see CLONING You're not synthesizing you're replicating to reproduce
2007-01-11 13:36:55 · answer #5 · answered by ted o 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋