Terms to know about Mitosis and Meiosis

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."

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