>
>I also found in my archives a post to t.o from some time
>ago which is more along the lines of Glenn's original
>comment. Unfortunately, I do know who posted this so I
>can't give appropriate credit:
[snip]
> Genome size Coding Coding genome (1)
> bp x 10E9 DNA % bp x 10E6
>
>Bacteria (E. coli) 0.004 100 4
>Yeast (Saccharomyces) 0.009 70 6
>Nematode (Caenorhabditis) 0.09 25 23
>Fruitfly (Drosophila) 0.18 33 59
>Newt (Triturus) 19.0 1.5-4.5 285-855
>Human 3.5 9-27 315-945
>Newt Gingrich (human salamander) 3.5 1.5 53 (2)
>Lungfish (Protopterus) 140.0 0.4-1.2 560-1680
>Flowering plant (Arabidopsis) 0.2 31 62
>Flowering plant (Fritillaria) 130.0 0.02 26
>
>
>Notes: "Genome sizes" appear to be for haploid genomes.
> Not in orignal paper:
> 1) "Coding genome" = Genome size * % Coding DNA.
> 2) A best guess.
>=======end talk.origins excerpt====================================
Brian, Thanks for this. My gut told me that humans probably didn't have the
longest genome, but I didn't have the info. I appreciate this.
However, it is humbling to be less complex than the newt.
glenn
Foundation,Fall and Flood
http://members.gnn.com/GRMorton/dmd.htm