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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
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The length of DNA molecule greatly exceeds the dimensions of the nucleus in eukaryotic cell. How is this DNA accommodated within the little sphere of nucleus?
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Supercoiling of nucleosomes
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These are the actual processes of chromosomal packing of DNA within nucleus. DNA double helix coils around Histone octamers to form nucleosomes and then the nucleosomes undergo supercoiling to produce more thicker chromatids, which is accommodated within nucleus.