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To better fit within the cell, long pieces of double-stranded DNA are tightly packed into structures called chromosomes.


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To better fit within the cell, long pieces of double-stranded DNA are tightly packed into structures called chromosomes.
To better fit within the cell, long pieces of double-stranded DNA are tightly packed into structures called chromosomes.

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Long, slender DNA molecules wind around proteins and fold in complex ways to form chromosomes. Learn how chromosomes are more than just packaging devices for DNA.

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