Examine the value for lily in Table 16-1. How many billion pairs of nucleotides are there in a diploid nucleus? If DNA synthase is very accurate and if DNA repair mechanisms are so good that, on average, there is a mistake made once in every ten million nucleotides, how many mistakes are made on average every time a lily nucleus replicates? If a meter is 39 inches long, how many inches of DNA are there in every diploid nucleus of every cell in the body of a lily?

Table 16-1

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TABLE 16-1 Amount of DNA per Haploid Set of Chromosomes