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Ch. 4 pt 1 and Ch. 4 pt 2 Flashcards

ch. 4 pt 1: 22-32; Ch. 4 pt 2: 1-9

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1
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only about 20% of the genome is….

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packaged in that portion of the euchromatin associated with the actively expressed genes

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20% open, active chromatin can be broken down into…

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8%- highly accessible promoters, enhancers, active genes

12%- weakly transcribed genes

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inactive, closed chromatin is __% euchromatin and __% heterochromatin

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40 and 40

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the 40% of inactive, closed euchromatin is…

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quiescent, unmarked, linker histone bound

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the 40% of inactive, closed heterochromatin is broken into

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20%- facultative heterochromatin, regulated

20%- constitutive heterochromatin, permanent

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facultative heterochromatin, regulated: includes?

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developmentally repressed genes

marked by H3K27me3 or H3K9me

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constitutive heterochromatin, permanent: includes

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centromeres, telomeres, satellites, other repeats

marked by H3K9me3

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8
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chromatin modifiers

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chemically alter histone proteins in the nucleosome by adding chemical groups to amino acid side chains or by removing them

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chromatin modifiers primarily occur at…

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N-terminal histone tails

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chromatin modifiers: modifications include…

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acetylation
methylation
phosphorylation
ubiquitination
others

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histone modifications impact…. and….

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impact chromatin structure and play a role in gene expression

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two main mechanisms by which histone modifications exert their effects

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directly influencing chromatin structure

building effector molecules to regulate gene expression and other cellular activities

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modifications recruit…

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proteins to alter chromatin structure and regulate gene activity

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acetylation _____ chromatin

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opens

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15
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nomenclature:

H3K27me3

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H3: histone 3
K27: lysine; 27th amino acid
me3: 3 methyl groups

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16
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histone modification : H4K4me3

associated with chromatin type:

gene expression:

abundance:

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histone modification: methylation

associated with chromatin type: highly accessible, open chromatin

gene expression: ON

abundance: 1%

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histone modification : H3K9ac

associated with chromatin type:

gene expression:

abundance:

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histone modification : acetylation

associated with chromatin type: highly accessible, open chromatin

gene expression: ON

abundance: 1%

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histone modification : H3K9me3

associated with chromatin type:

gene expression:

abundance:

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histone modification : methylation

associated with chromatin type: heterochromatin (constitutive or facultative)

gene expression: OFF

abundance: 25%

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histone modification : H3K27me3

associated with chromatin type:

gene expression:

abundance:

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histone modification : methylation

associated with chromatin type: facultative heterochromatin

gene expression: OFF

abundance: 13%

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20
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the histone code is a well established hypothesis describing the idea thatspecific patterns of post translational modifications to histones act like a __________ recognized and used by non hisotne porteins to regulate specific ___ functions

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molecular “code”

specific chromatin functions

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21
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the histone code should be considered to be more like a …

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language

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22
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writer reader and eraser proteins

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writer: chemically modifies the histone

reader: effects the execution of the appropriate biological function

eraser: removes the histone modification

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all of the covalent additions to histones are_______, being constantly removed and added at rates that depend on both their _______ locations and specific ______ of the cell.

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dynamic; chromosomal; states

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acetylation writers and erasers

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writer: histone acetyltransferase (HAT)

eraser: histone deacetylase (HDAC)

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methylation writers and erasers

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writer: histone methyltransferase (HMT)

eraser: histone demethylase (HDMT)

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methylation may promote activation or repression depending on…

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location

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initially, sequence specific DNA binding proteins (e.g transcription factors) may…

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bind DNA and recruit the histone modifying enzymes.

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transcription regulator (transcription factor)

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general name for any protein that binds to a specific DNA sequence to influence the transcription of a gene

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29
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a generalized sequence of events for activating transcription:

  1. _____________________ binds DNA
  2. ______ (writer) binds to TF and ________ the histones in the vicinity (nucleoside associate loosens)
  3. chromatin remodeling complex ___ the nucleosome, allowing access to the DNA
  4. addition ____- bind
  5. _____________ binds and transcription begins
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  1. transcription factor
  2. HAT (writer); acetylates
  3. slides the nucleosome, allowing access to the DNA
  4. TFs
  5. RNA polymerase
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30
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reader-writer

after a writer enzyme modifies one or a few nucleosomes…

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the writer collaborates with a reader in the same protein complex to spread the modification from nucleosome to nucleosome

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reader-eraser

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a reader eraser complex can reverse the chromatin change

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32
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barrier DNA sequences

mark the boundaries of….

barrier DNA-protein complexes block the spread of…

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-chromatin domains
- reader-writer complexes

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33
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two major classes of heterochromatin in mammalian cells

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facultative heterochromatin
-trimethylation of H3K27
-highly regulated

constitutive heterochromatin
-trimethylation of H3K9
-permanent

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34
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function of constitutive heterochromatin

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-form the centromere
-silence a variety of selfish DNA elements
-tightly repress genes that are active early in embryonic development

35
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centromeric chromatin

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-location of cetromere
-constitutive heterochromatin
-persists throughout interphase
-contains a centromere-specific variant H3 histone: CENP-A
-CENP-A plus additional proteins form the kinetochore

36
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human centromeres

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-over several million nucleotide pairs
-do not contain centromere-specific DNA sequence
-largely consist of short repeated DNA sequences
-there is plasticity of centromere formation

37
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faithfully inherited…

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once a special region of chromatin forms, this assembly is thereafter faithfully inherited

38
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epigenetic inheritance

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inheritance of phenotypic changes in a cell or organism that do not result from changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA

39
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epigenetic inheritance can be due to…

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positive feedback loops of transcription regulators or to heritable modifications in chromatin such as DNA methylation of histone modification

40
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chromosomes occupy…

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discrete territories in the nucleus

41
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chromosomes are or are not extensively entangled with one another

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are not

42
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how are heterochromatin and euchromatin distributed differently?

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heterochromatin is often closely associated with the nuclear envelope

euchromatin extends into the nucleoplasm bay from the nuclear envelope

43
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heterochromatin:
_____ nearest to periphery
_____ interior to ^

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H3K9me3

H3k27me3

44
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dynamic structure of interphase chromosomes

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loops of chromatin expand to occupy an increased volume when a gene within them is expressed

45
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the interior fo the nucleus is very ____, with functionally different regions to speed different biochemical processes

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heterogeneous

46
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topologically associating domains (TADs)

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fundamental units of 3D nuclear organization

47
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interphase chromosomes are organized as…

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long linear series of folded looped domains of chromatin (TADs)

48
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roughly ____ loops in the human genome

between _____ - ______ nucleotide pairs of DNA, though loops of a million nucleotide pairs also exist

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10,000

50,000-200,000

49
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DNA sequences within a TAD…

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physically interact with each other more frequently than with sequences outside of that domain

50
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TADS partition the genome into

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distinct regulatory territories

51
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TADS: likely function in regulation of gene expression by…

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limiting enhancer-promoter interactions to sequences with a TAD

52
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TADs: loop positions can fluctuate, allowing for…

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a highly dynamic chromatin structure during interphase

53
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disruption of TAD boundaries may result in…

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a wide range of diseases

54
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TAD: the loop extrusion model involves the…

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cohesion complex to generate loops and CTCF protein to establish the boundaries of the loops

55
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SMC proteins are a family of …. that…

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family of large ATPases that participate in many aspects of higher order chromosome organization and dynamics

56
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SMC stands for

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structural maintenance of chromosomes

57
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SMC proteins form…

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distinct heterodimers that make the core components of multi protein complexes such as cohesion and condensin

58
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cohesin: ____ and ____

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SMC1 and SMC3

59
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condensin: ______ and ________

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SMC2 and SMC4

60
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what is a SMC protein complex?

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a large ring shaped protein complex that uses ATP hydrolysis energy to make the looped domains that organize chromosomes

61
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SMC protein complexes include

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the eukaryotic cohesin and condensin proteins

62
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SMC protein complexes have important roles in….

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bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes

63
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the SMC protein is a large protein of ___ to_____ amino acids that folds on itself to form antiparallel coiled coil with a globular head. two of these molecules then pair to produce a ring structure with a ____ at one end an an ___ binding domain at the other end. additional subs are then added to for either __ or ____.

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1,000 to 1,5000
flexible hinge
ATP
cohesin or condensin

64
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SMC protein complexes bind and encircle the..

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DNA double helix

65
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the SMC heterodimers forms a ring that is large enough for…

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DNA that is packed in chromatin to readily pass through

66
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the SMC ATPase domains allow the ring to…

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motor rapidly along DNA

67
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the cohesin complex is a protein complex that mediates

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DNA looping
sister chromatid cohesion
homologous recombination
other cellular processes

68
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cohesin complexes have different subunit compositions for…

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different functions

69
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text definition of cohesin complex

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complex of proteins that uses ATP hydrolysis energy to organize interphase chromosomes into a series of looped domains

70
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during mitosis, cohesins also…

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hold sister chromatids together along their length before their separation

71
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mechanism of TAD formation: loop extrusion model

  1. the cohesin complex binds ___ to form a _________.
  2. using the energy of _________, cohesin extrudes chromatin on both sides of the ring to ____ the loop
  3. cohesin stops when it encounters a chromatin bound ________ protein on each side.
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  1. chromatin; small DNA loop
  2. ATP hydrolysis; enlarge
  3. CTCF
72
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TAD boundaries are brought together with….

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CTCF complexes forming the base of a chromatin loop

73
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mitotic chromosomes are _______

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highly condensed

74
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chromosome folding in M phase:

  1. chromatin loops created by cohesin are…
  2. ________ begins to form very large chromatin loops organized radially by a ….
  3. as _______ loops grow larger, ______ forms a second set of loops within the larger loops. this generates a loops within loops organization
  4. along with tighter winding of chromatin loops around the ________, a very compact chromatin is created
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  1. quickly lost
  2. Condensin II; central chromosome axis
  3. condesin II, condesin I
  4. mitotic chromosome axis
75
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genome comparison reveal functional DNA sequences by their….

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conservation throughout evolution

76
Q

homologous genes

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genes that are similar in both their nucleotide sequence and function because of a common ancestry

77
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homologous genes can often be recognized across vast….

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phylogenetic differences

78
Q

in general, the sequences of individual genes are much more tightly conserved than is overall ___ structure

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genome

79
Q

DNA sequences that are closely similar between different species are through to more likely ….

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have a functional conserved DNA regions

80
Q

conserved DNA regions

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closely similar pieces of DNA sequence

81
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______% of the human genome consists of multi species conserved sequences

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4.5%

82
Q

about 1% of multi species conserved species….
the remaining….

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code for proteins
the remaining :
-protein binding site for gene regulation
-transcribed into important non coding RNAs

83
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an additional 5% of our genome shows a …….., implying that these sequences are also important

A

reduced variation in the human population

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