A&P UNITY AND FUNCTION ACCESS
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Author: SALADIN
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Chapter 4, Problem 4TYR
Two genetically identical strands of a metaphase chromosome, joined at the centromere, are its
- a. kinetochores.
- b. centrioles.
- c. sister chromatids.
- d. homologous chromatids.
- e. nucleosomes.
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