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Define the term Chromatid.


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Chromatid

  1. A chromatid is one-half of two similar copies of a duplicated chromosome.
  2. At the time of cell division, the twin copies unite together at the region of the chromosome, i.e. the centromere.
  3. Joined chromatids are sister chromatids.

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