Raise your 10 paddles high for Dancing With the Stars judge Len Goodman. The stern British reality TV star, 68, who also hosts BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing, married his long-term girlfriend, dance teacher Sue Barrett, 47, Sunday in a surprise ceremony, reports the Daily Mail.
The total length of the human genome is over 3 billion base pairs. The genome is organized into 22 paired chromosomes, plus the X chromosome (one in males, two in females) and, in males only, one Y chromosome. These are all large linear DNA molecules contained within the cell nucleus.
At actual size, a human cell's DNA totals about 3 meters in length.. 3.0 m. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. If stretched out, would form very thin thread, about 6 feet (2 meters) long..