Q: Recombinant DNA

[Tim Taylor]

I'm interested in the question of whether it is possible to implant
recombinant DNA which has been engineered to, say, produce insulin,
into an organism so that the new ability will be maintained by future
generations of the organism in an evolutionarily stable manner. Do
genetic engineers who work with such things generally only get the
engineered protein production in one generation, or how many
generations does this go on for?

Any information or ideas would be most welcome. If you don't
understand the question or it sounds stupid, please forgive me - I
know very little about these things but am interested in the question
from the point of view of trying to get self-replicating computer
programs to do useful tasks at the same time.

Thanks,

Tim.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Taylor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh
             tel +44-(0)131-650-3084/3081/4493 fax -650-6899
             home page http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/students/timt