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Table 1 Human genome length estimates

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

References

Meters

Web sites

 http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/StevenChen.shtml

Diploid: 1.5–3

 http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb99/917376364.Mb.r.html

Haploid: 1

 http://book.bionumbers.org/how-big-are-genomes/

Diploid: 2

 https://publications.nigms.nih.gov/insidelifescience/genetics-numbers.html

Diploid: 1.8a

 http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=144

Haploid: 1.8

Articles

 [8]

Diploid: 2

 [9]

Diploid: 2

 [10]

Haploid: 1.5

Books

 [7]

Diploid: 2

 [11]

Haploid: 1

 [12]

Diploid: 2

 [13]

Diploid: 2

  1. aThis value was converted from the stated 6 feet