CELL INFORMATION

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PRETHINK• Prethink: What is a gene?

Where have you heard that word before?

GENETIC INFORMATION• DNA long strands of information that all living things

need. “Blueprints” of life.

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

• Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING

• Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

• nucleus

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING• Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

• Nucleus

• Where is the DNA located in a prokaryotic cell?

CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING• Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

• Nucleus

• Where is the DNA located in a prokaryotic cell?

• cytoplasm

GENETIC INFORMATION• In prokaryotes, DNA is located in the cytoplasm

GENETIC INFORMATION• In eukaryotes, DNA is located in the nucleus

• Nucleus—large, circular organelle

GENETIC INFORMATION• To be organized, long strands of DNA are packed into

chromosomes.

ChromosomesNucleus DNA