BSC 1005 Lecture 5: Biology Chapter 8 Outline

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All organisms pass dna to offspring when they reproduce. In cells, each dna molecule is organized as a chromosome: chromosome, structure consisting of dna and associated proteins, carries part or all of a cell"s ge(cid:374)etic i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374, eukaryotic cells have a number of chromosomes. For ex: human cells have 46 individual chromosomes (each with its own dna, genome (chromatin): entire dna content of the cell, mosquito = only 6 chromosomes, apple = 34, chimpanzee = 48. Dna has capacity to: store genetic information, copy it, pass it from one generation to other generations. To understand these phenomena, we have to understand the chemical structure of dna and its chemical cousin rna: rna is formed in the nucleolus. In other words, dna is a polymer (polynucleotides) of many monomers. Rna: ribonucleic acid, single stranded, made of a nitrogen base, contains adenine, guanine, and cytosine, however has uracil (u, uracil is a pyrimidine, and connects with adenine, replaces thymine in rna.

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