A force of nature: How a small fern pulled me into a long tradition of writers smitten with the natural world Zoë Schlanger Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published May 11, 2024 ...

A small fern has broken the record for the largest genome yet known, researchers report May 31 in iScience. The plant’s full set of genetic instructions is over 50 times the size of the human ...

A printed version of the entire human genome would fill 220 large books. To do the same for a small, seemingly unremarkable fern found on a few Pacific islands would require nearly 11,000 books.

STORY: Here in the wilderness of New Caledonia –scientists have discovered a living organism with the largest genome in the world.:: RGB KEW"And particularly it's exciting because it's a plant ...

A small, unassuming fern-like plant has something massive lurking within: the largest genome ever discovered, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times. The plant (Tmesipteris ...

A small, unassuming fern-like plant has something massive lurking within: the largest genome ever discovered, outstripping the human genome by more than 50 times 1. Study co-author Jaume Pellicer ...