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minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 months agoThis calculation is off by an order of magnitude. The human genome has about 3.1 billion base pairs. Each sperm has half of that. Ignoring epigenetics, each base pair has four options (A/T/C/G), so it can be represented by two bits each. All told, that’s 3.1 gigabits = 388 megabytes per gamete.
This calculation is off by an order of magnitude.
The human genome has about 3.1 billion base pairs. Each sperm has half of that. Ignoring epigenetics, each base pair has four options (A/T/C/G), so it can be represented by two bits each.
All told, that’s 3.1 gigabits = 388 megabytes per gamete.