DNA length
Tony Meyn
Tmeyn at ccit.arizona.edu
Wed Jun 8 14:30:22 EST 1994
In article <Alan.031q at zarquon.demon.co.uk>, Alan at zarquon.demon.co.uk (Alan
Wong) wrote:
> Q1. Is the length of the DNA the same among all members of the
> same species?
If what you are talking about is genome size than the answer is no.
The fungi especially can have a wide range of genome sizes within a
species.
>
> Q2. Are the lengths of DNA in different species all different?
There is a wide range of genome sizes across organisms.
>
> Q3. Can offspring of a species have different length DNA from
> their parents and survive?
Yes, again in the fungi this is somewhat common.
Tony Meyn
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