SECTION 1
Introduction Cell parts Main office Nucleus
SECTION 2 Computers DNA The Bases Base Pairing
SECTION 3 Reading DNA
HGP Sequence Supercomputers Hemoglobin Protein
SECTION 4 Conclusion Learn More
In the cell the main office is the nucleus.
This is the home of the chromosomes.
In humans, the nucleus has 46 chromosomes.
In a cow there are 60, and that little fly hanging out by your banana has only 6 chromosomes.
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Chromosomes are made of
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
(more commonly known as DNA)
image credit: U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program, http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis
Be you
an amoeba
a tree
a bird
or a human
That's about 100 trillion cells; each with all of the genetic information necessary to build you from scratch.
How is this possible?
