Exploding chromosomes fuel research about evolution
Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Human cells somehow squeeze two metres 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. 'It is like compacting your entire wardrobe into a shoebox,' said Riccardo Levi-Setti, Professor Emeritus in Physics at the University of Chicago...
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