Table 4.

S. cerevisiae; haploid and diploid (young and aged); G1 cells

Chromosomal configurations	I (unattached)	II (telomere-attached)	III (centromere- and telomere-attached)	IV (loop)
n nucleosomes/ 10nm
Haploid young
D ∼ 1.9 μm; γ ∼ 0.8	6.9a	4.2	3.3	2.1–3.4
C = 12.1 Mb; Nc = 16
Diploid young
D = 2.3 μm; γ ∼ 0.8	7.4a	4.5	3.6	2.2–3.7
C = 24.1 Mb; Nc = 32
Old mother
D ∼ 4.5 μm, γ ∼ 1/4;	4.2	2.5*	2.0*	1.3–2.1*
C = 24.1 Mb; Nc = 32
Hmax (μm), length	1.7	1.2	1.0	0.8–1.2
Chromosome IV (Mc = 1.5 Mb; Ma = 1.1 Mb)

^aInconsistent with n ∼ 4.