The binding of a regulatory protein or transcription factor to a specific DNA site results in a complex which may be analyzed by the technique termed as _____

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#Question id: 33699

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

rRNA genes are contained in a tandem cluster or clusters. Sometimes these regions are called rDNA. These rDNA clusters are characterised by 

A. Tandem cluster 

B. Random cluster

C. Highly variable SNP/RFLP

D. Circular RFLP map

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#Question id: 33700

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The particular chromosomal regions associated with a rDNA clusters are called as

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#Question id: 33701

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Select all correct options 

A. Satellite DNA has a very short repeating sequence and no coding function.

B. Satellite DNA occurs in small blocks that can have distinct physical properties.

C. Satellite DNA is often the major constituent of facultative heterochromatin.

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#Question id: 33702

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Choose true and false

A. Repetitive DNA is characterized by its relatively slow rate of renaturation.

B. Satellite DNA consists of very large sequences repeated many times in tandem in large clusters.

C. In humans, the α satellite family, found in centromeric regions, has a repeat unit length of 171 bp.

D. In mammalian genomes satellite DNA is less than 10%, but in the fruit fly Drosophila virilis, it amounts to 50%.

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#Question id: 33703

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

What will be the buoyant density of a duplex DNA having 60% GC sequences

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#Question id: 33704

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Find true and false statements

A. Tandemly repeated sequences are liable to undergo misalignments during chromosome pairing

B. The sizes of tandem clusters tend to be homozygous in population

C. The smaller clusters of tandemly repeated sequences can be used to characterize individual genomes