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This tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth

phys.org This tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth

In a new study published in the journal iScience, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Institut Botànic de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC) in Spain present a new record-holder for the largest amount of DNA stored in the nucleus of any living organism on the planet.

This tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth
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  • My girlfriend tells me it's not the size of the genome that matters, it's how you use it.