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By approximately what percentage of its original length is a free DNA strand shortened by the coiling around a single histone? (Note: A histone has a diameter of 11 nm; assume inter-histone length is negligible.)

A. 25%

B. 50%

C. 75%

D. 100%

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75% is the correct answer
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