C值

有些人誤以為C值中的「C」是指「characteristic」、「content」或「complement」。當初於1950年鑄造此一用語的Hewson Swift，並未精確地給出定義，在他的原始論文中，曾使用1C值、2C值等詞，是「classes」之意。但是根据更新的看法, 「C」应该指代「constant」或是「characteristic」^[1].

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• C值迷
• 基因組

• Animal Genome Size Database（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Plant DNA C-values Database
• Fungal Genome Size Database（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）