The Biology Project: Vocabulary

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."

The Biology Project
University of Arizona
Tuesday, August 13, 1996
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