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chromatid | Each of a pair of identical DNA molecules after DNA replication, joined at the centromere. |
chromatin | Protein/DNA complex making the chromosome. |
chromosomes | Molecules of DNA complexed with specific proteins responsible in eukaryotes for storage and transmission of genetic information. |
histones | Five kinds of proteins forming complexes with Eukaryotic DNA. |
kinetochore | Structure forming at centromere during Mitosis for binding microtubules. |
nucleosomes | Basic structural unit of eukaryotic chromosome forming "beads on a string." |
replication | The process by which a cell makes a vcopy of the DNA in its nucleus. |
karyotope | A picture of all the chromosomes in a cell arranged in parts. |