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The   diploid   human   genome   comprises   6.4   ×   10   9   bp   and   fits   into   a   nucleus   th

The   diploid   human   genome   comprises   6.4   ×   10   9   bp   and   fits   into   a   nucleus   that   is   6   μm   in   diameter.      
(a) If   base   pairs   occur   at   intervals   of   0.34   nm   along   the   DNA   helix,   what   is   the   length   of   DNA   in   a   human   cell?       (b) If   the   diameter   of   the   DNA   helix   is   2.4   nm,   what   fraction   of   the   volume   of   the   nucleus   is   occupied   by   DNA?   [Volume   of   a   sphere   is   (4/3)πr   3   and   volume   of   a   cylinder   is   πr   2   h.]  
  

Assuming   that   the   histone   octamer   forms   a   cylinder   9   nm   in   diameter   and   5   nm   in   height   and   that   the   human   genome   forms   32   million   nucleosomes,   what   volume   of   the   nucleus   (6   μm   in   diameter)   is   occupied   by   histone   octamers?   [Volume   of   a   cylinder   is   πr2h;   volume   of   a   sphere   is   (4/3)   πr3   .]      
What   fraction   of   the   nuclear   volume   do   the   DNA   and   the   histone   octamers   occupy   (see previous queation)?  

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