Small disc-shaped structures at the surface of the centromeres that appear during metaphase are:

Kinetochores

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Metaphase plate

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Spindle fibres

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Chromatid

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Solution

The correct option is A Kinetochores
The sister chromatids are held together at the centromere. The centromere is surrounded by a disc-shaped protein structure called kinetochore. Spindle fibres are connected to the centromere with the help of kinetochore during cell division.

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