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Calculating C-values: corrected the formula, which now matches the original source
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The formulas for converting the number of nucleotide pairs (or base pairs) to picograms of DNA and vice versa are:<ref name="Dolezel2003"/>
genome size (bp) = (0.978 x 10<sup>9</sup>) x DNA content (pg)
DNA content (pg) = genome size (bp) / (0.978 x 10<sup>9</sup>)
1 pg = 978 Mbp