Life Before Xerox - 3

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Speedy Gonsalves

Mike Dougherty, Ph.D.: In humans, DNA replicates at about 50 nucleotides per second, or about 3,000 nucleotides per minute. Replication is faster (and less accurate) in bacteria...In the prokaryotic bacterium E. coli, replication can occur at a rate of 1,000 nucleotides per second.

Wow!

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