What are those structures that appear as 'beads-on-string' in the chromosomes when viewed under an electron microscope?
1. Nucleotides
2. Nucleosomes
3. Base pairs
4. Uracil
Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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AIPMT - 2011
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Which one of the following statements about the particular entity is true:
 

1. The gene for producing insulin is present in every body cell
2. Nucleosome is formed of nucleotides
3. DNA consists of a core of eight histones
4. Centromere is found in animals cells, which produces aster during cell division
Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
AIPMT - 2010
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The length of the DNA molecule greatly exceeds the dimensions of the nucleus in eukaryotic cells. How is this DNA accommodated?

1. Deletion of non-essential genes

2. Super-coiling in nucleosomes

3. DNAse digestion

4. Through the elimination of repetitive DNA

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix | DNA Packaging |
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AIPMT - 2007
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