Eukaryotic Cells Lab Report

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Identification of particular chromosomes in the nucleus of a characteristic eukaryotic cell can usually be made during the process of cell division. Elongated pieces of single double-stranded DNA are folded into characteristic formations or chromosomes. Each chromosome possesses a single double-strand of DNA as well as the necessary chromosomal packing proteins that serve as components of the folding process that give chromosomes their distinctive shape. The stage between the division of cells is known as interphase and is where a characteristic eukaryotic cell is for the majority of its life cycle. While in interphase, chromosomes are highly diffuse and are in an area where the mass of nucleic acid and protein is almost the same, this chromosomal