Wow!  We have finished the cell and are about to learn about what cells can do.  Before we do this, though, you will need to learn a little bit more about the DNA in a cell.  Specifically, you will need to learn more about the structure of DNA, how DNA can contain our genes, and how the DNA is configured within the nucleus of a cell.

    After learning about DNA and genes, you will learn specifically about how cells divide.  We're going to spend two weeks on cell division, because there are a lot of things involved in cell division and because cell division plays an important role in cancer.

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