Eukaryotic chromosomes consist of

A) circular DNA molecules complexed with positively charged nonhistone proteins.
B) circular DNA molecules complexed with negatively charged histone proteins.
C) linear DNA molecules complexed with positively charged histone proteins.
D) linear DNA molecules complexed with negatively charged histone proteins.
E) circular DNA molecules folded to fit inside a bacterial cell.

Eukaryotic Chromosomes

Linear DNA molecules contained in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, associated with a large variety of proteins such as histones, facilitating gene regulation and chromosome organization.

Histone Proteins

Proteins that package and order DNA into structural units called nucleosomes, playing a key role in gene regulation and expression.

Linear DNA

DNA molecules that are structured in a straight or nearly straight line, as opposed to being circular.