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Distinguish between heterochromatin and euchromatin. Which of the two is transcriptionally active?

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Heterochromatin

  • Highly condensed and tightly packed structure.
  • Darkly stained under a microscope.
  • Transcriptionally inactive (genes are not expressed).
  • DNA is less accessible to transcription machinery.
  • Found in regions like centromeres and telomeres.

Euchromatin

  • Loosely packed and less condensed structure.
  • Lightly stained under a microscope.
  • Transcriptionally active (genes are expressed).
  • DNA is accessible to the transcription machinery.
  • Found in regions actively involved in gene expression.
  • Euchromatin is transcriptionally active.
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