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368:"What is a Chromatid?"
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653:Monocentric
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626:Telocentric
616:Metacentric
494:Euchromatin
454:chromosomes
348:Kinetochore
58:"Chromatid"
955:Categories
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506:Chromosome
354:References
328:prophase I
302:DNA damage
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260:chromosome
218:homozygous
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674:Processes
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470:Karyotype
372:About.com
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186:Karyotype
167:metaphase
155:karyogram
911:See also
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720:Euploidy
648:Acentric
545:allosome
537:Autosome
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342:See also
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407:18 July
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