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Will another organism be discovered with a larger genome than the fork fern by December 31, 2024?
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Small Fern Breaks Record with 160 Billion Base Pair Genome
May 31, 2024, 04:09 PM
A small fern-like plant, known as a fork fern, has broken the world record for the largest genome of any living organism. This plant, found on a few Pacific islands, contains a staggering 160 billion base pairs in its genome, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times. The discovery, reported by Nature and iScience, highlights the fern's genome size of 160 Gbp, making it the largest known genome in any organism. The plant's cells contain more than 100 metres of DNA.
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