What do you call the strands of dna wrapped around proteins, which are located inside the nucleus?
fibrils
receptors
ribosomes
chromosomes
Inside of the nucleus, you will find the chromosomes . Chromosomes are strands of DNA wrapped around proteins. They contain genes , or small units of genetic material (DNA) that contains the code for the creation of a protein. Human cells have 46 chromosomes (23 pairs). There are hundreds to thousands of genes on each chromosome.