Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    In chromosomes, the material controlling heredity is

    A)  DNA                                     

    B)  histones

    C)  chromocentres               

    D)  RNA

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    In chromosomes, the material controlling hereditary is histones. Histone is a type of simple proteins that is usually basic and tends to form complexes with nucleic acids (eg, DNA) forming nucleosomes. Chromosomes of eukaryotes contain large quantities of histones. In general, histones tend to suppress the genetic activity of an organism, ie, histones are considered as gene repressers because there morkly DNA of a genome in a non-specific manner.


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