| Value |
1
ng
|
| Organism |
Mammals |
| Reference |
Bianconi E, et al., An estimation of the number of cells in the human body. Ann Hum Biol. 2013 Jul 5. p.4 left column top paragraphPubMed ID23829164
|
| Primary Source |
Makarieva AM, Gorshkov VG, Li BL, Chown SL, Reich PB, Gavrilov VM. Mean mass-specific metabolic rates are strikingly similar across life's major domains: Evidence for life's metabolic optimum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Nov 4 105(44):16994-9PubMed ID18952839
|
| Comments |
"...since the mean weight of a mammalian cell has
been estimated to be 1 ng (primary source), for a
standard body weight of 70 kg (Irving, 2007), there would be
7?10^13 cells." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109717 |