So one genome per sperm head works out to about 3.17 x 10-12 / 59.6 x 10-12 = 0.0532 g / ml = 53.2 g / l = 5.32 % w / v . But as you see from this work, I could be off by quite a bit!
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As in a bagpipe, a great store of air is needed to keep the small amounts forced through the reed even, so oboists have to retain high air pressure in the oral cavity . ( Brass players blow harder but can release their great lungfuls rather than retain them . ) An occasional serious theory and frequent quips have suggested that the sustained pressure in the head works deleterious effects on the brain . ( See " crazy " above . ) And if the pressure doesn't get you, the vexations of dealing with fragile, short-lived reeds will.
