In the newly engineered cell created by the researchers at the JCVI, what was derived from a previous cell, partially supporting one aspect of cell theory?

Cells can only derive from pre-existing cells.

Explanation:

The cell theory has three major postulates: 1-all organisms are composed of cells, 2-the cells are the basic unit of all living forms, and 3-the cells derive from pre-existing cells. In 2010, the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) designed in the laboratory a synthetic bacterium that is able to auto replicate himself, and thereby supporting the third statement of the cell theory. This bacterium was named as Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 and its creation represented a milestone in synthetic biology. M. mycoides is a bacterium that has only 473 genes coded by 531,000 bases pairs (bp), this being one of the smallest genomes of all living forms.

lizards have adapted to life in the desert. some desert lizards have toes with spiny scales to them run across the sand without sinking. some use the sand to hide from predators, or to search for small animals that they prey upon.