Introduction to DNA

Whom do you agree with the most? AND Explain why you agree. Four friends were talking about human DNA, genes, and chromosomes. They each had different ideas about where these structures were found. This is what they said.Nancy: "I think DNA is found on genes."Breanna: "I think chromosomes are found on genes."Mario: "I think genes are found on DNA."Garrett: "I think chromosomes are found on DNA."Whom do you agree with the most? AND Explain why you agree. DNA - The Book of You! As you watch the video, please pay attention for the answers to the following questions! Hanson says, " There are more cells in the human body than there are: Stars in the Milky Way Apartments in Manhattan Golf ball in the PGA tour Fish in the sea The entire genome (or, "the book of you") is contained inside the _ of the cell. Mitochondria Cell Wall Nucleus Lysosomes If you stretched out all the DNA inside of one cell, how long would it be? 2 feet 10 meters 3 feet 6 inches When the long DNA strand starts to organize, it wraps itself around "histones," these are a type of _. lipid protein carbohydrate listerine How many chromosomes does the human genome contain? 14 23 46 96 It's estimated that all the chromosomes together house about 20,000 individual instructions called… Genes base pairs chromatophores lipids