Synthetic DNA Fragments Are Incubated with Either Eukaryal Histones or Archaeal

question 8

Multiple Choice

Synthetic DNA fragments are incubated with either eukaryal histones or archaeal histones.Observation shows that 15 eukaryal histone complexes form along the length of the synthetic DNA.How many archaeal histone complexes would you predict to associate along this DNA?

• A)5
• B)10
• C)20
• D)40
• E)100

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