Statement 1: The linker histone H1 is involved in stabilizing the nucleosome structure by binding to the DNA between nucleosomes.
Statement 2: DNA methylation is a post-translational modification of histone proteins.
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.
Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.
Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
The linker histone H1 is involved in stabilizing the nucleosome structure by binding to the DNA between nucleosomes. However, DNA methylation is not a post-translational modification of histone proteins. DNA methylation involves the addition of a methyl group to a cytosine base in the DNA molecule and can affect gene expression and chromatin structure. Therefore, statement 1 is true, and statement 2 is false. Hence option 2 is the correct answer.