In <2i9bm9$788 at mserv1.dl.ac.uk> <rdawley at acad.ursinus.edu> writes:
>The huge disparity in genome size among organisms of roughly similar
>structural complexity was once called "the c-value paradox." (c value
>refers to the size of a haploid genome.) The paradox has since been
>resolved, as Andrew Roger explained, by the discovery that many
>eukarytoic genomes are composed partly or largely of DNA that does not
>code for proteins.
The paradox has not been solved at all. Amaebae and Baker's yeasts
are both eukaryotes. Take a look at how different their genome sizes
are.
Xuhua
