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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-up1·5 days agoIf that’s half of it, then a “full human” could be defined by an 80mb file?
minus-squareTauZero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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.
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoWell, no, because we don’t know how much information is in an egg cell.
If that’s half of it, then a “full human” could be defined by an 80mb file?
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.
Well, no, because we don’t know how much information is in an egg cell.