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A typical nucleosome contains

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300 bp of DNA helix

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100 bp of DNA helix

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400 bp of DNA helix

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200 bp of DNA helix

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Solution

The correct option is D
200 bp of DNA helix

The nucleosome core particle consists of approximately 147 base pairs of DNA wrapped insuperhelical turns around a histone octamer consisting of 2 copies each of the core histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 leading to 200 bp of DNA helix.

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