Ep 259: The molecular clown car: DNA and your cells
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The molecular clown car: DNA and your cells
If your cell’s nucleus was about as tall as Brad, your DNA could stretch for more than 200 miles. How do such long molecules fit inside such tiny cells? While we’re on the subject, just how much information is in DNA? Join us for a look at your chromosomes, and cellular nucleus.
Here are a couple of videos about chromosomes.
Here are a couple of articles about chromosome territories—where your chromosomes are while doing their job.
Same name, but different article: Chromosome Territories
Here’s a video about the cell nucleus.
And here’s a video about how your chromosomes are all coiled up.