Assignment - DNA (14 pts.)

4. What organism has the largest genome? How many base pairs? 5. How many base pairs are in the human (homo sapiens) genome? 6. What vertebrate organism has the smallest genome? 7. What vertebrate organism has the largest genome? Comparison of different genome sizes Main article:  Genome size Organism type  Organism  Genome size ( base pairs )  Note  Virus Bacteriophage MS2 3,569 First sequenced RNA-genome [8] Virus SV40 5,224 [9] Virus Phage ?-X174 5,386 First sequenced DNA-genome [10] Virus Phage ? 48,502 Bacterium Haemophilus influenzae 1,830,000 First genome of living organism, July 1995 [11] Bacterium Carsonella ruddii 159,662 Smallest non-viral genome. [12] Bacterium Buchnera aphidicola 600,000 Bacterium Wigglesworthia glossinidia 700,000 Bacterium Escherichia coli 4,600,000 [13] Bacterium Solibacter usitatus  (strain Ellin 6076) 9,970,000 Largest known Bacterial genome Amoeba Amoeba dubia 670,000,000,000 Largest known genome. [14] Plant Arabidopsis thaliana 157,000,000 First plant genome sequenced, December 2000. [15] Plant Genlisea margaretae 63,400,000 Smallest recorded  flowering plant  genome, 2006.