Open QuestionThe human genome contains 2.9×10⁹ base pairs. Approximately how many nucleosomes are required to organize the 10-nm–fiber structure of the human genome? Show the calculation you use to determine the answer.
Open QuestionIn eukaryotic DNA,how does the role of H1 differ from the role of H3 in chromatin formation?
Open QuestionIn eukaryotic DNA,along a 6000-bp segment of DNA, approximately how many molecules of each kind of histone protein do you expect to find? Explain your answer.
Open QuestionWhat genetic process is occurring in a puff of a polytene chromosome? How do we know this experimentally?