Difference between heterochromatin and euchromatin

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is heterochromatin lightly or tightly packed?

tightly packed

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is euchromatin lightly or tightly packed?

lightly packed

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does heterochromatin have more or fewer genes?

fewer genes

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does euchromatin have more or fewer genes?

more

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is heterochromatin transcriptionally active or inactive?

it’s less active but not turned off completely

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is euchromatin transcriptionally active or inactive?

it’s more active

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is heterochromatin condensed or not?

it’s usually condensed, particularly in centromeres, telomeres, and inactive in X and Y chromosomes

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is euchromatin condensed or not?

cycles between more or less condensed.