Question 8

(Multiple Choice)

Suppose a biologist can separate one of a dozen pieces of chromatin from a eukaryotic (animal)nucleus. It might consist of which of the following?


A) one-twelfth of the genes of the organism
B) two chromosomes, each with six chromatids
C) a single circular piece of DNA
D) two long strands of DNA plus proteins
E) two chromatids attached together at a centromere

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