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๐Ÿฆ  Cell explorer

Nucleus

Stores DNA and controls the cell.

Size
โ‰ˆ 5โ€“10 ยตm
Discovered
Robert Brown, 1831
Found in
animal, plant

Double membrane (nuclear envelope) with pores; DNA is wrapped round histones as chromatin. The nucleolus inside builds ribosome subunits.