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| \ 藢n眉-kl膿-艒-藞pr艒-藢t膿n
, 藢ny眉-, -藞pr艒-t膿-蓹n\
: a compound that consists of a protein (such as a histone) conjugated with a nucleic acid (such as a DNA) and that is the principal constituent of the hereditary material in chromosomes