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Heterochromatin is
(a) Darkly stained region
(b) Loosely packed chromatin
(c) Transcriptionally inactive 

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Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Select true (T) or false (F) for the following statements and choose the correct option.

A. QB bacteriophage has RNA as genetic material.

B. Free 2'OH of RNA makes it more labile and easily degradable.

C. The experiment of Hershey and Chase gave unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material.

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Polymorphism in DNA sequence is the basis of which of the following?
(a) Genetic mapping of human genome
(b) DNA fingerprinting
(c) Similarities among human beings
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Which one of the following statements is not correct w.r.t. DNA packaging?
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A. The nascent RNA synthesised by RNA polymerase II is called hnRNA.

B. Splicing is the process of removal of introns and joining of exons in a defined order.

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Human Genome Project (HGP) is closely associated with the rapid development of a new area in biology called as 
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The technique of DNA fingerprinting was developed by: