Exploding chromosomes fuel research about evolution of genetic storage
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 12:07
in Biology & Nature
Human cells somehow squeeze two meters of double-stranded DNA into the space of a typical chromosome, a package 10,000 times smaller than the volume of genetic material it contains.
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