The Nucleus

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The Nucleus

• Structure Function

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The Nucleus

• is the computer or control center of the cell.
• contains the genetic material of life DNA
  (Deoxyribonucleic acid).

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• Long chains of DNA form Chromatin.
• Short sections of DNA along a piece of chromatin
  form Genes.
• A gene will either produce or influence a
  specific trait in the offspring.

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• Nucleolus / Nucleoli (plural) a dark spherical
  structure that is the site of ribosome formation.
• Ribosomes and other important chemical messages
  leave the nucleus through the Nuclear Pores. The
  membrane around the nucleus is called the Nuclear
  Membrane or Envelope.