Consider the following statements regarding satellite DNA and choose the correct answer:
1. Satellite or Repetitive DNA consists of short identical genes which are repeated in tandem several hundred or thousand times
2. Such DNA is found in the region of the chromosome adjacent to the centromere
3. It is easy to separate repetitive DNA by ultracentrifugation
A. Only 1 and 2 are true
B. Only 2 and 3 are true
C. Only 1 and 3 are true
D. 1, 2 and 3 are true
Answer: Option D
Related Questions on Gentics and Evoloution
A piece of DNA molecule that can serve as a carrier for the gene to be cloned is called as a
A. Virus
B. Vector
C. DNA junk
D. Gene factor
A haploid organism contains only one set of chromosomes, and is said to be
A. Homozygous
B. Heterozygous
C. Hemizygous
D. Holozygous
Which of the following is the correct pair?
A. Darwin - Use and disuse of organs
B. de Vries - Mutation theory
C. Lamarck - Origin of life
D. Haldane - Law of heredity

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