01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prophase, Telomere, Chromosome

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Most cells divide at some point: cell division = cell reproduction unicellular organisms reproduction. Multicellular organisms 2 functions growth and development tissue renewal and repair after fully grown. All parts of cell divided into new cells nucleus divides. 1 main function of cell division: distribute genetic material into daughter cells: genetic material. Genome: a cell"s total genetic material prokaryotes usually 1 circular dna molecule eukaryotes usually >1 linear dna molecule organized into chromosomes: chromosome. Histones - proteins in eukaryotic cells that associate with dna to from chromosomes arranged into nucleosomes. Nucleosomes - 8 histones with 146 base pairs (bp) of dna wrapped around adjacent nuclesomes linked by about 60 bp linker dna. Genes - informational unit of dna, responsible for structure of all proteins in a cell, 100s - 1000s per chromosome, each at specific location (locus), arranged linearly on chromosome, humans have about 20,000.

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