Chromosome
A chromosome is a long thread of DNA, wound up tight and packed small.
This picture is a cloud of paint. You can , , , , , , and .
Paint with your finger. It stays on these splats, wherever they go next.
Your paint is on this cloud. to see the sharp picture.
- Shelf
- Tiny World
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- CC0
How to play
Tap it to pull its two halves apart.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pull apart | Tap | ||
| Split | Button | ||
| Color | Color | #8f6fe0 |
About it
A chromosome is a long thread of DNA, wound up tight and packed small. Most human cells have 46 of them, in 23 pairs. Before a cell divides, each chromosome copies itself, and the two copies, called sister chromatids, stay joined at a pinched spot, the centromere, making an X shape.
Tap it to watch them part, as they do when a cell divides: thin fibers reach in from two bright poles, hook on at the middle and pull the two halves apart to either side, arms trailing. Then the splash puts them back together. This way each new cell gets a full set.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 400,000 at Max
Sources and credits
| Work | By | License |
|---|---|---|
| Velcro (protein-velcro.mp3) | paulocorona | CC0 1.0 |
Share it
This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.
https://splashery.app/play/?toy=chromosome
<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="chromosome"></splashery-toy>
Nearby
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