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Genetics

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Set 12 Dna Organization In Chromosomes

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Question 1

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That some organisms contain much larger amounts of DNA than are apparently "needed" and that some relatively closely related organisms may have vastly different amounts of DNA is more typical in ________.

A) viruses than in bacteria
B) RNA viruses than in DNA viruses
C) eukaryotes than in prokaryotes
D) the alphoid rather than the diploid family
E) prokaryotes than in eukaryotes

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Question 2

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Describe the chromosomal conformations of φX174 and polyomaviruses.

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single-stranded DNA,...

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Question 3

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Eukaryotic chromosomes contain two general domains that relate to the degree of condensation. These two regions are ________.

A) called heterochromatin and euchromatin
B) uniform in the genetic information they contain
C) separated by large stretches of repetitive DNA
D) each void of typical protein-coding sequences of DNA
E) void of introns

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