28 May 2012

DNA

Genome length, in millions of DNA base pairs:

Bacterium (Escherichia coli): 6.2
Foot fungus (Trichophyton rubrum): 22
Earthworm (Aporrectodeo tuberculata): 655
Piranha (Serrasalmus brandtii): 1600
Human (Homo sapiens): 3000
Daffodil (Narcissus jonquillo): 16000