Botanists Discover New DNA Length Record Holder Among Living Organisms

Botanists have discovered a new record holder for the longest DNA among living organisms. It is the fern Tmesipteris oblanceolata, found in New Caledonia and neighboring archipelagos. The genome of this plant consists of 160.45 billion base pairs, which is 7% more than the previous record holder, the Japanese horseshoe crab, and more than 50 times larger than that of humans.