When conditions are optimal for the population, r is at its maximum rate and is called the intrinsic rate of increase (_rmax).

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Repetitive DNA sequences renature faster than non repetitive DNA due to uniformity of sequence

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Chromosome has to be read under following heads

1. Packaging and packing proteins

2. Supercoiling

3. Loops, domains, centromere and telomere

4. Histones

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The capsid is assembled around the genome for single-stranded RNA viruses in TMV.

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Inserting DNA into a phage head involves two types of reaction:

translocation and condensation. Both are energetically unfavorable.

The genome is packaged into the empty capsid by the terminase enzyme.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

In E.coli, Protein HU is a dimer that condenses DNA, possibly wrapping it into a beadlike structure.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The bacterial genome consists of a large number of loops of duplex DNA (in the form of a fiber), each of which is secured at the base to form an independent structural domain.