Just enough cell biology

Steven Salzberg
There are three basic domains of life
Eukaryota
Bacteria
Archea
 Eukaryotes

Prokaryotes

slide adapted from james taylor

image credit: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html
There are two basic types of cells
prokaryotic (no nucleus)
eukaryotic (nucleus)
image credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Celltypes.png
slide adapted from james taylor
For eukaryotic cells
The nucleus is in the cell
The chromosomes are in the nucleus
The chromosomes consist of DNA
image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
The cell cycle describes the life cycle
of a cell
image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis#mediaviewer/File:Animal_cell_cycle.svg
Mitosis is the process of separating
chromosomes into daughter cells from
a parent cell
Cells develop into different types over
time
image credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic_stem_cell
Meiosis is a specialized form of cell
division that cuts the number of
chromosomes in half
During sexual reproduction,
recombination shuffles genetic
information between parents
Recombination
Recombination is one of the reasons
that family members aren’t exactly
alike