Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.4, Problem 1COMQ
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Eukaryotes have an array of genes. Regulation of one gene does not affect the regulation of another. The changes caused by chromatin remodelers and histone modifiers only effect one gene, and no other genes. A DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) segment that acts as a boundary between two genes is known as an insulator.
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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