The centromeres of all four chromosomes of D. melanogaster aggregate to form a chromocenter that consists largely of heterochromatin.

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Each actin subunit (globular or G-actin) is a 375-amino-acid polypeptide contains a Mg+2 ion complexed with either ATP or ADP

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Slow block to polyspermy (cortical granule reaction) becomes active about a minute after the first successful sperm-egg fusion

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SDS (H3C-(CH2 )10 –CH2 -OSO3 – Na+ ) is an anionic detergent used to create negative on sample  On average, one SDS molecule binds for every two amino-acid residues.

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Only 22 tRNAs are required for mitochondrial protein synthesis. The normal codon–anticodon pairing rules are relaxed in mitochondria, so that many tRNA molecules recognize any one of the four nucleotides in the third (wobble) position, allowing four codons to be recognized by a single tRNA.