Question 12

(Short Answer)

Indicate whether each of the following descriptions better applies to a centromere (C), a telomere (T), or an origin of replication (O). Your answer would be a seven-letter string composed of letters C, T, and O only, e.g. TTTCCTO.
( ) It contains repeated sequences at the ends of the chromosomes.
( ) It is NOT generally longer in higher organisms compared to yeast.
( ) Each eukaryotic chromosome has many such sequences.
( ) There are normally two such sequences in each eukaryotic chromosomal DNA molecule.
( ) There is normally one such sequence per eukaryotic chromosomal DNA molecule.
( ) It is where DNA duplication starts in S phase.
( ) It attaches the chromosome to the mitotic spindle via the kinetochore structure.

Answer


There is normally one centromere per c...

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