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If you stretched out the DNA in one typical human cell nucleus end to end, about how long would it be?

Past stat · 2026-09-20 UTC

The answer

Each diploid human cell packs roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus only microns across. Multiply by the trillions of cells in a body and the total length is astronomical.

Correct answer: About 2 meters

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