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Did dinosaurs have larger cells than mammals/reptiles of today? When you get thigh bones that big, you sort of wonder if the bone cells are engineered of different sizes? Or just different compositions? (Do cells of a certain type come in size varieties?) (Why do I suspect this is a dumb question...) Join or Log In to answer.

-Auliya (8Q / 7A)
Fri Dec 7, 2007 11:14am

cell size is strongly correlated with genome size In other words, organisms with large genomes tend to have larger cells

-modcom (41Q / 7678A) Fri Dec 7, 2007 11:18am

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