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		jonplackett on March 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists create simple synthetic cell How much data is contained in the 500 genes of this cell? I'm kinda curious the minimum number of bytes it takes to make a living cell.

QuantumG on March 31, 2021 [–]

543,379 base pairs = 1,086,758 bits = 135,845 bytes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/assembly/GCA_001708325.2/

ruleforty on March 31, 2021 | [–]

You don't need the other half of a base pair in your calculation

klyrs on April 1, 2021 | | [–]

I believe that's two bits per base pair.

jonplackett on April 1, 2021 | | [–]

Thanks guys

Wow, so life even fits on the very first 8” floppy disk.

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