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CHROMOSOME |
In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structtures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA. |
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CENTROMERE |
The region of the chromosome that holds the two sister chromosomes together during mitosis |
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CHROMATIN |
the material that makes up both mitotic and interphase chromosomesl a complex of proteins and DNA strands that are loosely coiled such that translation and transcription can occur |
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SEX CHROMOSOME |
one of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual |
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AUTOSOME |
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
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HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME |
chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes, that have the same structure, and that pair during meiosis |
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KARYOTYPE |
a micrograph of the array of chromosomes visible in a cell during metaphase a graphical display that shows an individual's chromosomes arranged in homlogous pairs and in order of diminishing size |
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DIPLOID |
a cell that contains two haploid sets of chromosomes |
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HAPLOID |
a cell, nucleus, or organism that has only one set of unpaired chromosomes |
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BINARY FISSION |
a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled organisms by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size
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MITOSIS |
in eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes |
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