Which of the Following Statements Is True Regarding Heterochromatin

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true regarding heterochromatin?

• A) It stains lightly when stained with Feulgen reagent.
• B) It represents transcriptionally active regions of the chromosome.
• C) Specialized chromatin structures (scs) can insulate genes from the effects of heterochromatin.
• D) Euchromatic genes that are artificially placed next to heterochromatin are transcribed at abnormally high levels.
• E) Heterochromatin is hypersensitive to DNAse digestion.

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