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plants 2e-10 human 1e-9 eukaryotic 2e-10 grams
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| Organism |
Various |
| Reference |
Landenmark HK, Forgan DH, Cockell CS. An Estimate of the Total DNA in the Biosphere. PLoS Biol. 2015 Jun 11 13(6):e1002168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002168. p.4/10 box 1PubMed ID26066900
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| Primary Source |
[10] Adapted from prokaryotic cell mass of 2x10^–13 g and assuming eukaryotic cells are 10 times larger by length, from Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Wiebe WJ. Prokaryotes: The Unseen Majority. P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1998 95: 6578–6583. [12] Zimmer C. How Many Cells Are In Your Body? 2013 October 23 [cited 23 April 2015]. In: Phenomena: The Loom [Internet]. National Geographic Society. link 10/23/how-many-cells-are-in-your-body/. Accessed 18 May 2015. PubMed ID9618454
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| Comments |
p.4/10 box 1 link :"...using a plant cell mass of 2×10^–10 g [primary source 10, see method in primary source field]...using a human cell mass of 1×10^–9 g [primary source 12]...eukaryotic cell mass of 2×10^–10 g [primary source 10, see method in primary source field]." |
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Uri M |
| ID |
111609 |