4 ms·

I believe that also consumes the strands you're reading, so unless the source is copied many times, it is probably even slower than that.

• andrewstuart2 12y ago
  Good thing cells have been copying DNA since life began.
  • schrodinger 12y ago
    Great, now my hard drive is going to get cancer!
    • andrewstuart2 12y ago
      At least you can remove/destroy the cells though. Aside from DNA storage & replication, there's no auxiliary purpose of the tissue. http://xkcd.com/1217/ http://xkcd.com/1217/
  • laxatives 12y ago
    I'm not a biologist, wouldn't those cells would prefer to copy their own DNA?
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