What is the basic unit of chromatin?

Nucleotide

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Nucleoside

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Nucleosome

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Histone

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Solution

The correct option is C Nucleosome
The basic structural unit of chromatin is Nucleosome. It consists of 147 bp of DNA wrapped around a core of histone protiens.
So the correct option is C.

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