Answer to Question #105489 in Biochemistry for sergio

Question

Strawberry cells are octoploid(each cell contains eight sets of chromosomes),banana cells are triploid(each cell contains three sets of chromosomes). Which do you think will have more DNA- 5g of strawberry or 5g of banana I just cant figure it out

Answer 1

5g of strawberry 

Cells of banana and strawberry are the same size approximately and so are the length of their chromosomes. Chromosomes are just condenced DNA. 5g of straberry and 5g of banana have approx. the same number of cells, consequently 5g of straberries will have more chromosomes and DNA.