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Q: What is the small section of a chromosome where sister chromatids attach to each other?
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What is the region of a chromosome where two sister chromatids attach?

The two identical chromosomes are conjoined at the centromere.


During crossing-over what happens to portions of chromatids?

breaks off and attach to adjacent chromatids on the homologous chromosome


What is the name of the structure that connects the sister chromatids?

The cell structure that joins two sister chromatids into one single chromosome is called the centromere. This is at the center of the sister chromatids.


Why does a chromosome has two sister chromatids?

because it can


What are the sister chromatids in a chromosome attached by?

centromere


What two identical bodies make up a duplicated chromosome?

Somatic cell chromosome is made of two identical chromatids


What is the next step after chromosome duplication?

is it two chromatids or spindles


When chromosome become visible at the beginning of cell division what does each chromosome consist of?

each chromosome consists of two identical "sister" chromatids


Is chromosome Y an acrocentric chromosome?

A chromosome is determined to be metacentric, acrocentric or telocentric by the location of its centromere. Centromeres are the point of attachment of two sister chromatids. Sister chromatids are formed during DNA replication prior to mitosis or meiosis. Chromosome Y by itself (when it is not replicating and there are no sister chromatids) is not acrocentric, as it wouldn't even have a centromere location.


What makes up each chromosome?

A centromere and sister chromatids.


What are the two copies of a chromosome called after they split?

Sister chromatids


The sister chromatids in a chromosome are attached together by the?

centromere