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Anna [14]
3 years ago
6

The nucleus of a call contains over a meter of DNA . How can all of this DNA fit inside a single cell ?

Biology
1 answer:
densk [106]3 years ago
6 0

The DNA is coiled extremely tightly around proteins called histones, like a thread on a spool.  When DNA is wrapped around a a group of histones, it is called a nucleosome.

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