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Discuss human chromosome and try to explain their structure and functions in human body and in part 2 we look at a genetic disorder, sickle cell anemia.
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Biology Assignment Name: Behrooz Khoshooee Student Number: 283644 Biology, November 2005 Introduction: This paper has two parts, in part one we discuss about human chromosome and try to explain their structure and functions in human body and in second part we look at a genetic disorder, sickle cell anemia. We will investigate what affect it has in human body and how one person could get this genetic disorder. Part 1 Nucleus Nucleus contains the DNA in chromosomes and therefore it is the primary source of information for controlling the metabolism, reproduction of cell and inheritance. Using a microscope we could see a dark network in nucleus which is called chromatin. Chromatin consists of a complex of DNA coated in protein, which during cell division it becomes structured and turn into separate packages of chromosomes (Czepulkowski 2001). (1) Nuclear envelope (2) Ribosomes (3) Nuclear pore complexes (4) Nucleolus (5) Chromatin (6) Nucleus (7) Endoplasmic reticulum (8) Nucleoplasm Chromosome The number of chromosomes...
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