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BIOLOGY: cells topic 1 Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

chromosomes/mitosis and the cell cycle/stem cells/

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

chro­mos­ome

what is a chromosome
thread like structure that carries a cells DNA
how many pairs of chromo­somes are there
23 pairs 46 in totqal
list the 4 nucleo­tides that make up DNA
G,T,A,C
describe the structure of DNA
double stranded DNA, coiled, compli­mentary base pairs joined by weak hydrogen bonds
what is a gene
small section of DNA
what is an allele
2 versions of each gene present in the pair of chromo­somes

exam Q's

A: mitosis
 

mito­sis

mitosis - one set of chromo­somes is pulled to each end of the cell, nucleus divides, cell membrane + cytoplasm divides to form two identical daughter cells

stem cells

embryotic cells
adult bone marrow cells
can produce different types of specia­lised cells in the body, can be cloned and made into differ­entiate into most different types of cells
can form many types of cells including blood cells, partially specia­lised