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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-up1·10 months agoIf that’s half of it, then a “full human” could be defined by an 80mb file?
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWell, no, because we don’t know how much information is in an egg cell.
minus-squareTauZero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months 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?
Well, no, because we don’t know how much information is in an egg cell.
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.