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    Difference Between Genes, DNA and Chromosome

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    Genes are composed of DNA and are contained within chromosomes. DNA contains the genetic code in the form of four chemical bases, and genes are sections of DNA that code for proteins. Chromosomes are bundles of DNA that are tightly coiled and contain multiple genes. During cell division, both mitosis and meiosis involve the duplication and separation of chromosomes to produce either identical daughter cells or sex cells with half the original number of chromosomes.

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    Difference Between Genes, DNA and Chromosome

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    Genes are composed of DNA and are contained within chromosomes. DNA contains the genetic code in the form of four chemical bases, and genes are sections of DNA that code for proteins. Chromosomes are bundles of DNA that are tightly coiled and contain multiple genes. During cell division, both mitosis and meiosis involve the duplication and separation of chromosomes to produce either identical daughter cells or sex cells with half the original number of chromosomes.

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    Genes are composed of DNA and are contained within chromosomes. DNA contains the genetic code in the form of four chemical bases, and genes are sections of DNA that code for proteins. Chromosomes are bundles of DNA that are tightly coiled and contain multiple genes. During cell division, both mitosis and meiosis involve the duplication and separation of chromosomes to produce either identical daughter cells or sex cells with half the original number of chromosomes.

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    Difference Between Genes, DNA and Chromosome

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    Genes are composed of DNA and are contained within chromosomes. DNA contains the genetic code in the form of four chemical bases, and genes are sections of DNA that code for proteins. Chromosomes are bundles of DNA that are tightly coiled and contain multiple genes. During cell division, both mitosis and meiosis involve the duplication and separation of chromosomes to produce either identical daughter cells or sex cells with half the original number of chromosomes.

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    Difference between genes, DNA and chromosome

    Genes are composed of DNA sequences while chromosomes are entire DNA strands that are
    packed tightly together so they can fit into a cell. So, the entire chromosome is lined with genes.
    In other words, one chromosome contains several genes

    DNA
     a DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a long molecule that contains our unique genetic code.
    Like a recipe book it holds the instructions for making all the proteins in our bodies.
     DNA contains four basic building blocks or ‘bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G)
    and thymine (T)

    Genes
     Genes are small sections of DNA within the genome that code for proteins. They contain the
    instructions for our individual characteristics
     The purpose of genes is to store information. Each gene contains the information required to
    build specific proteins needed in an organism.

    Chromosome
     Chromosomes are bundles of tightly coiled DNA located within the nucleus of almost every
    cell in our body. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
     A single length of DNA is wrapped many times around lots of proteins? called histones, to
    form structures called nucleosomes.
     These nucleosomes then coil up tightly to create chromatin loops.
     The chromatin loops are then wrapped around each other to make a full chromosome
    Mitosis
     Mitosis is the process in which a eukaryotic cell nucleus splits in two, followed by division of
    the parent cell into two daughter cells. The word "mitosis" means "threads," and it refers to
    the threadlike appearance of chromosomes as the cell prepares to divide.
     As mitosis progresses, the microtubules attach to the chromosomes, which have already
    duplicated their DNA and aligned across the center of the cell. The spindle tubules then
    shorten and move toward the poles of the cell. As they move, they pull the one copy of
    each chromosome with them to opposite poles of the cell. This process ensures that each
    daughter cell will contain one exact copy of the parent cell DNA.

    Meiosis
     Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half
    the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells
     These four daughter cells only have half the number of chromosomes? of the parent cell,
    they are haploid.
     Meiosis produces our sex cells or gametes (eggs in females and sperm in males)

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