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Bio 12-2
Bio 12-2: Chromosomes and Replication
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Compare chromosomes in eukaryotes and prokaryotes | prokaryotes have much less DNA and is located in cytoplasm |
| describe chromosome structure | lots of nucleosomes made of DNA (base, sugar, phosphate) tightly coiled around histone proteins |
| Steps of DNA replication | 1) Helicase breaks the hydrogen bonds and DNA unzips 2) two replication forks are formed 3) DNA polymerase attached comp. nucleotides to each half 4) 2 new semiconservative strands formed |
| Compare DNA replication in prokaryotes and eukaryotes | it is much slower in eukaryotes because it has to un-coil |