The first level of compaction of DNA consists of

A) DNA winding around histones to form small nucleosomes.
B) tight coiling of DNA with nucleosomes into higher order structures.
C) compaction into metaphase chromosomes.
D) histone, DNA, and nonhistone covalent bonding.


A) DNA winding around histones to form small nucleosomes.

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