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DNA
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In the nucleus of eukaryotic cells DNA molecules are
long linear and associated with
proteins called histones
.
very , , .






Histone proteins help to support the DNA .




In
eukaryotic cells DNA and histone proteins coil
tightly to make compact chromosome

a
,
up very .




of of
The mitochondria and
chloroplasts eukaryotic cells also contain DNA which like the DNA prokaryotes is


, , ,




short ,
circular and not associated with histone proteins .




Centromere




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me


→ ,
DNA
around
[
wound
histone proteins pna


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Chromosome



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prokaryotic cells, with

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are ,




if
DNA Double Helix -




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8 →
Gb
Circular Coiled super coiled
chromosome to fit in the cell


Chromosome




A base of DNA that for of



gene is
a sequence codes the amino acid
sequence a polypeptide or a


functional RNA (
including ribosomal RNA and tRNAs )

The complete set of in cell is known and the full of proteins that the
genes a as the cell 's range



genome
cell is able to
produce is known as its proteome .




In lot of doesn't code for polypeptides for functional RNA)
eukaryotes the nuclear DNA
they code

a .

,



Even that do code for polypeptides contains sections that don't code for amino acids these sections
genes
-





are called introns .





All the bits of gene that do code for amino acids are called exons .





Alleles are different forms of a
gene .




DNA sequence
The order of bases allele different
in each is
slightly
.




-
,




for different of the
so
they code
slightly versions same


polypeptide .

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Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes 46 ,
in total .




← ( e. g. the Is )
Pairs of matching chromosomes are called
homologous pairs .




In
homologous pair both chromosomes the size

a are same


have the different
and same
genes ,
although they could have alleles .




for characteristic be found fixed Hocus)
.
Alleles
coding the same will at the same
position on each

chromosome in a
homologous pain .
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