The human genome is made of 3.2 billion bases of DNA but other organisms have different genome sizes. (yourgenome.org)
Currently «There are seven different genomes of endosymbionts sequenced, and comparing them we can learn what has been happening» — what genes were lost when, and how — says Gil. (sciencemag.org)
Harmit Malik, Ph.D., is a principal investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, and studies the causes and consequences of genetic conflicts that take place between different genomes (e.g., host - virus interactions) or within components of the same genome. (sciencemag.org)