The phrase
"than the human genome" is a comparison that indicates something has more information or complexity than the complete set of genetic information that makes up a human being.
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They estimated that the microbiome provides more genes that contribute to human
survival than the human genome itself provides (8 million vs. 22,000).
One of the reasons why salamander genomes have not been sequenced before is its sheer size - six times
bigger than the human genome in the case of the Iberian newt, which has posed an enormous technical and methodological challenge.
In fact, when NIH Director Francis Collins called me and asked me to serve as co-chair of this working group, one of the first things I said to him was, «You understand that this is a lot more
complicated than the Human Genome Project.
At 20 billion bases of DNA, the newly sequenced genome of the Norway spruce, a popular Christmas tree in Europe that can reach heights above 30 meters, is six times
larger than the human genome.
Researchers spent nearly four years trying to identify the location of the Sr35 gene in the wheat genome, which contains nearly two times more genetic
information than the human genome.
Researchers have managed to sequence the giant genome of a salamander, the Iberian ribbed newt, which is a full six times
greater than the human genome.
Using a single pollinated pine seed, the team assembled the largest genome ever sequenced: 22.18 billion base pairs, more than seven times
longer than the human genome.
Corn, also known as maize, is genetically complex — its genome, only recently sequenced, was much more difficult to piece
together than the human genome.
A research team led by András Simon at Karolinska Institutet have managed to sequence the giant genome of a salamander, containing six times more
DNA than the human genome.
«The sunflower genome is over 40 percent larger than the maize [corn] genome, and roughly 20 percent
larger than the human genome, and its highly repetitive nature made it a unique challenge for assembly.»
We know that we have outsourced bodily functions to the ecosystem of microbes, predominantly located in our gut — one that contains 150 fold more genetic
information than our human genome.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to sequence the giant genome of a salamander, the Iberian ribbed newt, which is a full six times
greater than the human genome.
The massive genome of the loblolly pine — around seven times bigger
than the human genome — is the largest genome sequenced to date and the most complete conifer genome sequence ever published.
At 3.5 billion DNA bases in length, the crustacean's genome is bigger
than the human genome, but contains about the same number of genes, 21,000, they report today in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Secondly, the mouse genome is significantly smaller
than the human genome, making it possible to detect a large number of lineage - specific deletion events [17, 19].
The sequence spans 2.3 billion DNA base - pairs and contains some 32,500 genes, or about one - third more
than the human genome, according to the team that assembled it over the last four years.
They identified more than 33,000 protein - coding genes, placing the octopus genome at slightly smaller in size, but with more genes,
than a human genome.