Genome Size of 10 Different Organisms

By Dr Tushar Chauhan September 22, 2022

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The genome is a complete haploid set of DNA. Let's see genome size and chromosome number of 10 organisms

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The genome size of Humans is 3.2 billion base pairs and contains 46 chromosomes.

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Human

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The genome size of a laboratory mouse (Mus musculus) is 2.5 billion base pairs and contains 40 chromosomes.

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Laboratory mouse

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The genome size of a chimpanzee is 2.8 billion base pairs and contains 48 chromosomes.

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Chimpanzee

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The genome size of a Drosophila is 170 million base pairs and contains 8 different chromosomes.

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Drosophila melanogaster

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The genome size of Maize is 2.3 million base pairs and contains 20 different chromosomes.

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Maize

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The genome of a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is 2.4 billion base pairs and contains 78 chromosomes.

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Domestic dog

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The genome size of rice (Oryza sativa) is 470 million base pairs and contains 24 chromosomes.

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Rice

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The genome size of yeast (S. cerevisiae) is 12 million base pairs and contains 16 different chromosomes.

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Yeast

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The genome size of E Coli is 4.6 Million base pairs and contains a single circular chromosome.

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E Coli

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The genome size of Bovine is 3 billion base pairs and contains 60 different chromosomes.

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Bovine

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