Question

In nondividing cells, a mixture of lightly and darkly stained chromosomal regions called euchromatin and heterochromatin respectively, are observed.

(a) True

(b) False

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The doubt is from Genome Anatomy in division Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

Easiest explanation: In nondividing cells, a mixture of lightly and darkly stained chromosomal regions called heterochromatin and euchromatin respectively, are observed. The centromeric and telomeric regions are located in the heterochromatin, which is in a compact configuration and is thought not to be transcribed.