Question

What do you call the strands of dna wrapped around proteins, which are located inside the nucleus?

Answer 1

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.