ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Base Pair, Cytosine, Guanine
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Dna: found in nucleus of every cell of every living organism, contains instructions for making every cell in the human body. Dna replication: dna unzips and two new strands are formed, dna can make endless copies of itself. Dna compartmentalized into different volumes: chromosome = dna wrapped around itself over and over, making individual bundles called chromosomes. Female egg cells only have x chromosomes: male sperm cells can either have an x or y chromosomes, there is a 50% chance for either a boy or a girl, depends on sperm.
