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Why is it necessary for chromatin to condense into tightly packed chromosomes?
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DNA does not condense into chromosomes. When cells divide so do chromosomes. Each chromosome provides the template for a new chromosome. The four bases match those on the old chromosomes and create new chromosomes. DNA does not just decide to get together, "Hey guys, lets get together and become a chromosome."
ACTUALLY they do condense into chromosomes because it would be too big (if uncoiled and stretched out) to fit into a cell
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoDNA is coiled tightly into chromosomes during mitosis in order for them to be able to split easily into the two new daughter cells.
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Are chromosome more condense than chromatin?
Yes, you can think of chromosomes tightly wound up DNA and chromatin as unwound DNA.
What eukaryotic chromosomes contain both DNA and protein tightly packed together to for a substance?
Eukaryotic chromosomes contain both DNA and protein tightly packed together to form Chromatin. Chromatin consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones. DNA and histone molecules form nucleosomes. These are all part of the structure of chromosomes.
What does the chromatin material get organised into during cell division?
Chromosomes form when the chromatin condenses in mitosis
What structure will the chromatin become in mitosis?
The chromatin in the cell becomes chromosomes in prophase, the first stage of mitosis. The chromatin coils tightly together to form into separate chromosome strands during this phase.
What is the role or proteins in a chromosome?
Chromatin is tightly coiled and wrapped around proteins called histones to form structures called chromosomes
Are chromosome more condense than chromatin?
Yes, you can think of chromosomes tightly wound up DNA and chromatin as unwound DNA.
What eukaryotic chromosomes contain both DNA and protein tightly packed together to for a substance?
Eukaryotic chromosomes contain both DNA and protein tightly packed together to form Chromatin. Chromatin consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones. DNA and histone molecules form nucleosomes. These are all part of the structure of chromosomes.
Are chromosomes tightly packed DNA or loosely packed DNA?
Chromosomes are tightly packed DNA. When DNA is not tightly packed it is called chromatin. Chromosomes only exist during mitosis or meiosis.
What does the chromatin material get organised into during cell division?
Chromosomes form when the chromatin condenses in mitosis
What does prophase do in the cell cycle?
During prophase, the chromatin fibers in the nucleus coil tightly and condense into observable chromosomes. The mitotic spindle then begins to form and the centrosomes move away from each other.
What structure will the chromatin become in mitosis?
The chromatin in the cell becomes chromosomes in prophase, the first stage of mitosis. The chromatin coils tightly together to form into separate chromosome strands during this phase.
Eukaryotic chromosomes contain both DNA and protein tightly packed together to form a substance called?
The complex of both histone and non-histone chromosomal proteins and DNA is known as chromatin.
What is a chromatin?
in eukaryotic cells the DNA is very tightly packed to form strands of chromatin in the nucleus. in turn, the chromatin condenses (i.e. comes together) to form 'X' shaped chromosomes.
In eukaryotic chromosomes DNA is tightly coiled around proteins called?
The "beads on a string" are called nucleosomes.
Chromosomes is composed of DNA and proteins which are tightly compacted and condensed?
Yes - chromosomes are composed of compact DNA which is wound around proteins (called histones).
Chromosomes are made up of structures called?
Tightly wound and bundled strands of DNA.
Does an animal cell have chromatin?
Yes, DNA, the genetic material in the cell, can take different forms depending on where the cell is in its life cycle. During mitosis DNA gets tightly bundled up into the recognizable shapes we know as chromosomes. But for most of a cells life it is in interphase when DNA doesn't need to be tightly bundled and so it unwinds into a squiggly mess called chromatin.
