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The Inner Life of the Genome Scientific American – February 2011
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The Inner Life of the Genome Scientific American – February 2011
1. How was it figured out that chromosomes only occupied certain areas of a nucleus?
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2. What have observations about the GFAP and IGH genes revealed about gene location?
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3. What are transcription factories?
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4. How does differentiation affect gene regulation?
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5. Describe the role of chromosomal positioning in some cancers. _____________________________________________________________________________
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6. How is (the above) useful in diagnosis of these types of cancer?
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7. Describe the self-organization model of a cell nucleus.
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