Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 542
Question: Assertion : Histones are basic proteins of major importance in packaging of eukaryotic DNA, DNA and histones comprise chromatin forming the bulk of eukaryotic chromosome. Reason : Histones are five major types $ H_1,H_2A,H_2B,H_3 $ and $ H_4 $ [AIIMS 2000]
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
DNA with a histone octamer forms a nucleosome which comprises a major part of chromatin.
Histones are of 4 types.
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