When metaphase chromosomes are stained with dye, they show a pattern of dark and light bands; each chromosome's band pattern is unique but consistent to that chromosome, and each gene within a chromosome is regularly located within the same band. Which of the following indicates what this tells us about chromosome organization?

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When metaphase chromosomes are stained with dye, they show a pattern of dark and light bands; each chromosome's band pattern is unique but consistent to that chromosome, and each gene within a chromosome is regularly located within the same band. Which of the following indicates what this tells us about chromosome organization?