I was just reading up on the human genome of 3 billion base pairs when I stumbled across something I can't understand. Before I ask the question let me say the human genome is really small so don't let the numbers surprise you. In 2010 a team of scientists claimed that the Japanese plant Paris Japonica has the largest genome known at an astounding 152 billion base pairs and that it took the record from the marbled lung fish (Protopterus aethiopicus) with 132 billion base pairs. Only thing is Ameoba Dubia has been known well before 2010 to have a genome with 670 million base pairs. Anybody able to explain the claim about the Japanese plant?
On another note, anybody still think the human genome is really big?
On another note, anybody still think the human genome is really big?
