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Explain the role of histones in forming a nucleosome. [2 Marks]

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Histones help in the formation of nucleosomes. Histones are organised to form a unit of eight molecules called histone octamer. [1 mark]
The negatively charged DNA wraps around the positively charged histone octamer to form nucleosomes. [1 Mark]

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