Chemical analysis of isolated chromosomes shows that it consists primarily of DNA and proteins with lesser amounts of RNA.The proteins are of two major classes : 1.basic proteins(positively charged at neutral pH) called histones and 2.non-histone ...
Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law. Smuggling is usually done to circumvent taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging is applied to smuggling over land. It is believed that the term boot-legging originated during the American Civil War, when soldiers would sneak liquor into army camps by conce
1 Prohibition ended the legal sale of liquor and thereby created demand for an illicit supply. The earliest bootleggers began smuggling foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States from across the Canadian and Mexican borders and along the seacoasts from ships under foreign registry. Their favourite sources of supply were the Bahamas, Cuba, and the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, off the southern coast of Newfoundland.