The rate of replication is 2000 bp/min, which is much slower than the 50,000 bp/min of bacterial replication fork movement, presumably because the chromosome is assembled into chromatin, not naked DNA.

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To measure the activity of a promoter, one can link it to a reporter gene, such as the genes encoding b-galactosidase, CAT, or luciferase, and let 

the easily assayed reporter gene products indicate the activity of the promoter.

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You can use S1 mapping or primer extension analysis to do this measurement, but you can also substitute a reporter gene for the natural gene, and then assay the activity of the reporter gene product.

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Gene expression can be quantified by measuring the accumulation of the protein products of genes. Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation 

are the favorite ways of accomplishing this task.

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Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is a DNA marker that is defined by differences between individuals in terms of DNA regions either being or not being; amplified in a polymerase chain reaction primed by random oligonucleotide (usually, 10-mer) sequences. 

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Polymorphism is produced due to the complementary sequence for the primer used being

present in one strain (strain A) but not in the other (strain B). As a result, an amplification product will be detectable as a band in strain A, while strain B will not show the product.

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RAPDs behave as dominant markers and are recognized by the primer used for amplification.