Largest Genome on Earth Revealed, And It's a Big Surprise
A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was on Friday crowned the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth.
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A small, seemingly unremarkable fern that only grows on a remote Pacific island was on Friday crowned the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth.
The tree contains a trunk that measures four meters in diameter and 28 meters tall. The world's oldest tree is currently located in Eastern California called the Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old Great Basin Bristlecone Pine.
The record-breaking species of water lily was first described to science in July last year.
Watch the giant plant grow in real time below
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