Algae: Amounts of DNA and Organic Carbon in Single Cells

Media type: E-Article
Title: Algae: Amounts of DNA and Organic Carbon in Single Cells
Contributor: Holm-Hansen, Osmund
imprint: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1969
Published in: Science
Language: English
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3862.87
ISSN: 1095-9203; 0036-8075
Keywords: Multidisciplinary
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Description: <jats:p>An analysis of ten different unicellular algae, varying in size and containing from 10 to 6000 picograms of carbon per cell, indicates that the amount of DNA per cell is in direct proportion to cell size. The content of DNA is equal to approximately 1 to 3 percent of the cellular organic carbon.</jats:p>

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