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How much DNA is found in chromosomes?

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A human chromosome contains between 454 (Y) and 4,220 (1) genes, totalling between 46,944,323 (21) and 247,199,719 base pairs, for a total of 32,185 genes and 3,079,843,747 base pairs. In other organisms, the number of nucleotides in a chromosome can vary from 100,000 to over 3,750,000,000.

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