• Question: Is the nucleus the mind of cells

    Asked by Jack McNamara to Min, Marcello, Katie, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 11 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Marcello Valente

      Marcello Valente answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Metaphorically speaking yes, the truth is a little bit more complicated but its not too far.

    • Photo: Aoife McHugh

      Aoife McHugh answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Yes the nucleus controls responses of each cell. It holds the DNA, and uses the DNA to react and grow.
      In complex organisms, that have loads of cells such as humans, animals, and plants, all their cells have a nucleus.
      I work with microbes called bacteria, and they don’t have a nucleus. They have very simple cells, and their DNA just floats around their cell.

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