Plants and animals with bigger genomes grow less efficiently—new research helps explain why they never died out

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Nov 8, 2024, 11:20 am765 ptsInteresting
All living things have a blueprint provided by the DNA that is stored in every one of their cells. Yet the amount of DNA in each cell—what we refer to as genome size—spans an incredible range across the tree of life.

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Plants and animals with bigger genomes grow less efficiently—new research helps explain why they never died out

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