01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sister Chromatids, Dna Replication, Polynucleotide

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The continuity of life is based on the reproduction of cells and this process is known as cell division. In unicellular organisms, division of 1 cell reproduces the entire organism: ex. In contrast, multicellular organisms depend on cell division for various processes including: reproduction, development and growth, repair. Cell division is an integral of the cell cycle (the life of a cell from formation to its own division) Most cell division results in genetically identical daughter cells. Daughter cells have identical genetic information (dna: the exception is meiosis (which is a special type of division that can produce sperm and egg cells) Dna belongs to a class of compounds known as nucleic acids. Nucleic acids (aka polynucleotides) are polymers built from monomers (called nucleotides) There are 2 types of nucleic acids: deoxyribonucleic acid (dna, ribonucleic acid (rna) Fig 5. 24a structure of one nucleotide (5" end to 3" end: back bone: phosphate group, nucleoside: nitrogenous base and sugar (pentose)

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