1. Darkly stained and tightly packed Heterochromatin Euchromatin Lightly packed form of chromatin that is enriched in genes Distinction between Euchromatin and Heterochromatin Euchromatin (also called “open chromatin“) is a lightly packed form of chromatin (DNA, RNA, and protein) that is enriched in genes, and is often (but not always) under active transcription. Euchromatin stands […]
