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https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10954/does-the-dna-of-one-sperm-contain-37-5-mb-of-information
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoIf that’s half of it, then a “full human” could be defined by an 80mb file?
minus-squareTauZero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoThe numbers in the meme are off. One sperm is 750MB, or about 1 CD, so full human is 2 CDs. Or a couple 1.4MB floppies if you only store the diff from the reference genome.
If that’s half of it, then a “full human” could be defined by an 80mb file?
The numbers in the meme are off. One sperm is 750MB, or about 1 CD, so full human is 2 CDs. Or a couple 1.4MB floppies if you only store the diff from the reference genome.