DNA
3 × 10-9 m
A single human cell contains 3 meters of deoxyribonucleic acid. That DNA, while being only a few nanometers across, holds around 25,000 genes in around 3 billion base pairs. That is a lot!
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×3 × 10-9 m
A single human cell contains 3 meters of deoxyribonucleic acid. That DNA, while being only a few nanometers across, holds around 25,000 genes in around 3 billion base pairs. That is a lot!