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molecule. In replication, the DNA molecule is copied, and the two molecules are known as chromatids. During the later stages of cell division these chromatids separate longitudinally to become individual chromosomes.
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In the diagram, (1) refers to a chromatid: 1-half of two identical threadlike strands of a replicated
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phase of the cell cycle. At top center it also shows the chromosome 3 pair in
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Condensation and resolution of human sister chromatids in early mitosis
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Chromatid pairs are normally genetically identical, and said to be
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of the human chromosomes, showing their usual state in the G
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International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature
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Chromatids may be sister or non-sister chromatids. A
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chromosome
sister chromatid pair
centromere
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karyogram
metaphase
DNA synthesis
S phase
sister chromatids
Karyotype
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DNA
homozygous
heterozygous
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