Total RNA was isolated from nuclei of human cells growing in culture. This RNA was mixed with

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Total RNA was isolated from nuclei of human cells growing in culture. This RNA was mixed with a purified, denatured DNA fragment that carried a large intron of a housekeeping gene (a gene expressed in essentially all cells), and the RNA–DNA mixture was incubated for 12 hours under renaturation conditions. Would you expect any RNA–DNA duplexes to be formed during the incubation? If so, why? If not, why not? The same experiment was then performed using total cytoplasmic RNA from these cells. Would you expect any RNA–DNA duplexes to be formed in this second experiment? If so, why? If not, why not?

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Principles of Genetics

ISBN: 978-1119142287

7th edition

Authors: D. Peter Snustad, Michael J. Simmons

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