Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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In eukaryotic cells, the chromatin containing nucleosomes form a more compact structure. Nucleosomes are packed into more complex and compact structures in the chromatid and this further helps to make the chromosomes. The nucleus is consists of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which is wrapped around the proteins that are lined together to form chromatids.
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 10.1 - 1. A bacterial chromosome typically contains
a. a...Ch. 10.2 - Mechanisms that make the bacterial chromosome more...Ch. 10.2 - 2. Negative supercoiling may enhance activities...Ch. 10.2 - 3. DNA gyrase
a. promotes negative supercoiling....Ch. 10.3 - 1. The chromosomes of eukaryotes typically contain...Ch. 10.4 - Which of the following is an example of a...Ch. 10.5 - What are the components of a single nucleosome? a....Ch. 10.5 - 2. In Noll’s experiment to test the...Ch. 10.5 - Prob. 3COMQCh. 10.5 - Prob. 4COMQ
Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 10.6 - 2. The role of cohesin is to
a. make chromosomes...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1CONQCh. 10 - Prob. 2CONQCh. 10 - 3. Describe the mechanisms by which bacterial DNA...Ch. 10 - Why is DNA supercoiling called supercoiling rather...Ch. 10 - Prob. 5CONQCh. 10 - Prob. 6CONQCh. 10 - Prob. 7CONQCh. 10 - Prob. 8CONQCh. 10 - Prob. 9CONQCh. 10 - 10. What is the function of a centromere? At what...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11CONQCh. 10 - 12. Describe the structures of a nucleosome and a...Ch. 10 - Beginning with the G1 phase of the cell cycle,...Ch. 10 - Draw a picture depicting the binding between the...Ch. 10 - 15. Compare heterochromatin and euchromatin. What...Ch. 10 - 16. Compare the structure and cell localization of...Ch. 10 - 17. What types of genetic activities occur during...Ch. 10 - Lets assume the linker region of DNA averages 54bp...Ch. 10 - 19. In Figure 10.12, what are we looking at in...Ch. 10 - 20. What are the roles of the core histone...Ch. 10 - A typical eukaryotic chromosome found in humans...Ch. 10 - Which of the following terms should not be used to...Ch. 10 - Discuss the differences between the compaction...Ch. 10 - 24. What is an SMC complex? Describe two...Ch. 10 - Two circular DNA molecules, which we can call...Ch. 10 - 2. Let’s suppose you have isolated DNA from a cell...Ch. 10 - 3. We seem to know more about the structure of...Ch. 10 - In Nolls experiment of Figure 10.11, explain where...Ch. 10 - When chromatin is treated with a salt solution of...Ch. 10 - 6. Let’s suppose you have isolated chromatin from...Ch. 10 - If you were given a sample of chromosomal DNA and...Ch. 10 - Consider how histone proteins bind to DNA and then...Ch. 10 - In Chapter 23, the technique of fluorescence in...Ch. 10 - Bacterial and eukaryotic chromosomes are very...Ch. 10 - The prevalence of highly repetitive sequences...Ch. 10 - Discuss and make a list of the similarities and...
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