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How can the length of a bacterium's DNA be 1000 times the length of the cell within in which it is contained?
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∙ 15y ago
The bacterial DNA is highly coiled.
To visualize how DNA coils, take a look at this image of a small portion of human DNA:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/L/Laemmli.gif
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agothe bacteria is spread out which causes the chain effect which ends up in 1000 cells
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