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Chromosome number (2n) Adder's Tongue Fern 1440 unitless 100478 Leitch IJ, Soltis DE...
Chromosome number (2n) Goldfish Carassius auratus 104 unitless 100366 Ciudad J, Cid E, Velasco A...
Chromosome number (2n) Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster 8 unitless 100201 Animal Genome Size Database...
Chromosome number (n) Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans 6 unitless 100294 Stein LD et al., The...
Chromosome number (2n) Guinea Pig Cavia porcellus 64 unitless 100375 Semba U, Umeda Y, Shibuya Y...
Chromosome number (2n) Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes 48 Unitless 100323 Young WJ, Merz T, Fe...
Life span of taste bud cell in tongue Rat Rattus norvegicus 250 (±50) hours 111427 Beidler LM, Smallman...
Number of taste buds in a single fungiform papilla in tongue Human Homo sapiens 1.4 (±3.2 (0 - 27)) buds/papilla 111428 Arvidson K. Location...
Number of specialized sensory cells aggregated in taste buds Mammals 50 - 100 cells/taste bud 112166 Perea-Martinez I, Nagai T...
Duration of cell cycle stages in lingual epithelium Mouse Mus musculus S phase ≈5h: estimated G2+ half of M phase 4.2h hours 112168 Perea-Martinez I, Nagai T...
Properties of the most useful optical highlighter fluorescent protein reporters Generic Table - link N/A 109715 Rizzo MA, Davidson MW...
Diameter of taste bud Human Homo sapiens 30-60 micron 100701 http://faculty.washi...
Number of receptors on each taste bud Human Homo sapiens 50-150 unitless 100702 http://faculty.washi...
Doubling time of a squamous cell carcinoma cell line, designated hZK-1 at the 10th, 20th, and 30th passages, respectively Human Homo sapiens ~36, ~33, and ~29 hours, respectively hours 113438 Hirabayashi T et al....
Temperature tolerances of plants Various Table - link N/A 104066 Amazing numbers in biology...
Diameter of dendritic cell Human Homo sapiens 7 µm 102641 Goya GF, Marcos-Campos I...
Total number of taste buds Human Homo sapiens 2000-8000 unitless 100700 Encyclopedia Britannica...
Concentration of bacteria in saliva Human Homo sapiens 1e+9 bacteria/ml 105708 Berg RD. The indigenous...
Halflife of taste cells (see 'comments' section) Mouse Mus musculus 11 (heterogenous group 8 & 24 days: type II (receptor) cell 8 days: type III (presynaptic) cell 22 days) days 112169 Perea-Martinez I, Nagai T...
Life span of higher termites Termite 250 (13 days fed by antibiotics that kill both bacteria and spirochetes) Days 106607 Nardi JB, Mackie RI,...