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Table 1. Genome size of some organisms
| Organism |
Base pairs per haploid genome |
| Escherichia coli K12 | 4.6 x 106 |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 1.2 x 107 |
| Dictyostelium discoideum | 5.4 x 107 |
| Arabidopsis thaliana | 1.2 x 108 |
| Caenorhabditis elegans | 9.7 x 107 |
| Drosophila melanogaster | 1.8 x 108 |
| Gallus domesticus (chicken) | 1.2 x 109 |
| Mus musculus (mouse) | 2.72 x 109 |
| Rattus norvegicus (rat) | 3.0 x 109 |
| Xenopus Iaevis | 3.1 x 109 |
| Homo sapiens | 3.3 x 109 |
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