Question: The diploid human genome contains 6.4 times 10^9 bp of DNA and fits into a spherical nucleus that…
Show transcribed image text The diploid human genome contains 6.4 times 10^9 bp of DNA and fits into a spherical nucleus that is 6 mu m in diameter. If a base pair of DNA is 0.34 nm in length, what is the total length of DNA in a human cell? If the diameter of the DNA helix is 2.4 nm, what percentage of the volume of the nucleus is occupied by DNA? (Volume of a sphere = 4/3phi r^3; Volume of a cylinder = phir^2 h.)
The diploid human genome contains 6.4 times 10^9 bp of DNA and fits into a spherical nucleus that is 6 mu m in diameter. If a base pair of DNA is 0.34 nm in length, what is the total length of DNA in a human cell? If the diameter of the DNA helix is 2.4 nm, what percentage of the volume of the nucleus is occupied by DNA? (Volume of a sphere = 4/3phi r^3; Volume of a cylinder = phir^2 h.)
