If we stretched out the DNA of one person. How many times would it reach the sun and back?

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If we stretched out the DNA of one person. How many times would it reach the sun and back?

2007-03-26 07:20:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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How much DNA?
How much DNA do you have in your body? A DNA base pair has a length of a little less than one nanometer (a billionth of a meter). There are approximately three billion DNA base pairs in the human genome, and since we are diploid organisms, each cell actually contains six billion base pairs. Therefore, if you took all the DNA in a human cell and stretched it out, it would reach a few meters. Now, there are about 10 trillion cells in the human body. So, all the DNA in your body, if laid end to end, would reach from the Earth to the Sun a hundred times! Yes, you read that correctly. Yes, that is a long freaking way!

2007-03-26 07:28:39 · update #1

3 answers

Weirdly the answer is 23?

2007-03-26 07:23:16 · answer #1 · answered by shadycaliber 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

8 and a half times

2007-03-26 07:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by peter s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I believe it is twice.

2007-03-26 07:24:13 · answer #3 · answered by car trouble 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋