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Question:

Radioactive thymidine is fed to cells about to enter S-phase. It will make radioactive Euchromatin Heterochromatin Neither euchromatin nor heterochromatin Both A and B

Heterochromatin

Euchromatin

Neither euchromatin nor heterochromatin

Both A and B

Solution:

Euchromatin is loosely packed DNA with higher gene concentration as compared to heterochromatin which is tightly packed and have less gene concentration, thus less DNA content. S phase includes replication of both euchromatin and heterochromatin DNA, the radioactive thymidine will be incorporated in both types of DNA. So, the correct answer is option C.