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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance2 Marks
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Differentiate between Repetitive DNA and Satellite DNA.
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Repetitive DNA Satellite DNA
1. It is a type of DNA sequence that consists of small repeated segments.1. It is a type of repetitive DNA sequence that consists of highly repetitive DNA.
2. By density gradient centrifugation they can be separated from bulk DNA and in this form, they appear as light bands.2. By density centrifugation, they can be separated from bulk DNA and in this, they appear as dark bands and small peaks.
3. The length may very from small. A number of base pairs to hundreds and thousands of base pairs.3. They are shorter in length and up to a hundred base pairs long

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