Paris Project Description
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Under construction
The idea is to make bacterial multicellular organism. This simple organism will have two distinct types of cells. The first one would be the germline, the other one the soma. The germline will be auxotroph for a given nutriment, which will be provided by the soma. The soma will differentiate from the germline and will be unable to divide. In this way, there is a need for the germline to differentiate into soma, and the soma doesn't exist without a germline to generate it.
How can we define an organism ?
There is no universally admitted definition of an organism. The one we retain is that of a multicellular entity with different types of cells fulfilling different complementary tasks.
