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|''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]''|| 1,995<ref name=Tautz1988>{{cite journal |vauthors=Tautz D, Hancock JM, Webb DA, Tautz C, Dover GA|title=Complete sequences of the rRNA genes of Drosophila melanogaster |journal=[[Molecular biologyBiology and evolutionEvolution]] |year=1988 |volume=5 |pages=366-376 |doi= 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040500 |pmid= 3136294 }}</ref>
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The length of the 18S rRNA varies considerably in the eukaryotic phylogenetic tree, corresponding to a range of 16S-19S in [[Svedberg|Svedberg units]],<ref name=Graw2015Springer/> with the average length commonly given as around 2000 [[nucleotide]]s.<ref name=Graw2015Springer/> The 18S rRNA of [[human]]s has a length of 1869 nucleotides.<ref name=NCBI18SHomoSapiens>Page ''Homo sapiens RNA, 18S ribosomal N5 (RNA18SN5), ribosomal RNA'' on {{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NR_003286|title=''Homo sapiens'' 18S ribosomal RNA|date=25 March 2023 | publisher=[[National Library of Medicine]]|access-date=2024-06-29}}</ref>