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What Limits a Genome’s Size?

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Credit: Oriane Hidalgo Per the book Cell Biology by the Numbers , each base pair of DNA occupies 1 nm 3 of space. 1 A single-celled protist, Polychaos dubia , was once thought to have the largest genome. The New Caledonian fork fern has clearly found a solution to this problem.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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.” Foundations Basics of Synthetic Biology →Foundations for engineering biology , by Endy D. Link →A brief history of synthetic biology , by Cameron D.E. Nature Reviews Microbiology (2014). Link Synthetic biology: applications come of age , by Khalil A.S. & Journal of Molecular Biology (1961).

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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.” Foundations Basics of Synthetic Biology →Foundations for engineering biology , by Endy D. Link →A brief history of synthetic biology , by Cameron D.E. Nature Reviews Microbiology (2014). Link Synthetic biology: applications come of age , by Khalil A.S. & Journal of Molecular Biology (1961).

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