Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. A human cell contains around 2 metres of DNA, which contains an individual s important genetic information. If all the DNA contained within a single person were unwound and stretched out, it would cover an astonishing distance - enough to reach the sun and back 60 times over. The cell compacts its DNA into densely packed chromosomes in order to manage such a massive amount of biological information. Science News | Revolutionary Novel Method Can Manipulate the Shape, Packing of DNA: Study.
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