On 17 Feb 1997, Russell J. Buono Ph.D. wrote:
> how about a corticospinal neuron in the great blue whale? could be
> meters long!! Russ Buono Ph.D. Dept Path, Jefferson Medical College.
> Phila, PA USA
I think there is an algae cell several centimeters in size (SciAm aricle?).
Squid axons are not too small, also. Spaghetti bacteria are about 3 cm
long. Is the ostrich's egg really a single cell?!
ciao,
'gene
>>
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