What Happens to DNA (Circular DNA or Linear DNA That

question 86

Multiple Choice

What happens to DNA (circular DNA or linear DNA that is not free to rotate) when it becomes overwound?

• A)It becomes negatively supercoiled.
• B)It breaks into a number of fragments.
• C)It becomes positively supercoiled.
• D)It stretches.
• E)Its mass decreases.

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Definitions:

Population Proportion

A measure indicating the ratio of members in a defined category to the total population size.

Interval Estimate

A range of values derived from sample data within which a population parameter is estimated to lie, usually defined by two numbers representing the upper and lower limits.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the variability or dispersion of a population dataset, representing the square root of the variance.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a subset of a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.