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IB Biology Chapter 7--Nucleic Acids and Proteins
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Non-coding fragments of DNA.
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Introns
Non-coding fragments of DNA.
Exons
Protein-coding fragments of DNA.
Highly repetitive sequences
Sequences of DNA in the genome which acount for 5-45% of the total genome and are not used for coding purposes.
Structural DNA
Tightly coiled DNA which does not have a coding function, and occurs around the centromere of a chromosome.
Histone
Proteins structures paired with DNA in eukaryotic cells which package DNA.