Heterochromatin is the region of DNA which is inactive transcriptionally. Heterochromatin is the region darkly stained because it is clumped DNA inaccessible to transcriptional machinery. When these darkly stained region or electron dense regions are analysed we find many properties that are specific to these regions.
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