On the length, weight and GC content of the human genome

Abstract Objective Basic parameters commonly used to describe genomes including length, weight and relative guanine-cytosine (GC) content are widely cited in absence of a primary source. By using updated data and original software we determined these values to the best of our knowledge as standard r...

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Main Authors: Allison Piovesan, Maria Chiara Pelleri, Francesca Antonaros, Pierluigi Strippoli, Maria Caracausi, Lorenza Vitale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4137-z