What is the fundamental structural component of a chromosome?

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11 May 2018
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The nucleosome is the primary structural unit of a chromosome, consisting of DNA wrapped around histone proteins. While the centromere and telomere are important chromosome regions, and histones are proteins involved in packaging DNA, the nucleosome represents the basic repeating unit of chromatin structure.

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