Comment on Radiation-hardened Quine (2014)parentComments−tedunangst3yIf you build a cell from only eukaryote DNA instructions, it won't have any mitochondria and be unable to copy itself.−Karellen3yMitochondrial DNA is still DNA.Symbiotic replicators that rely on the presence of each other to reproduce (like cycles of quines?) are also still replicators.−tedunangst3yI think also the Golgi apparatus has no DNA. You can't build one if you don't have one. But apparently we're still not sure where it comes from.
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If you build a cell from only eukaryote DNA instructions, it won't have any mitochondria and be unable to copy itself.
Mitochondrial DNA is still DNA.
Symbiotic replicators that rely on the presence of each other to reproduce (like cycles of quines?) are also still replicators.
I think also the Golgi apparatus has no DNA. You can't build one if you don't have one. But apparently we're still not sure where it comes from.