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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. In a yeast cell, DNA and chromatin together occupy just 1-2 percent of the total nuclear volume, according to Max Haase. 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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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2009). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014).

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2009). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014).

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