LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

CELL BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is chromatin, and what happens to chromatin during cell division?
A
Chromatin is DNA in the form of a short strand. During cell division, chromatin strands coil and condenses into thick structures called chromosomes.
B
Chromatin is DNA in the form of a long strand. During cell division, chromatin strands coil and condenses into thick structures called chromosomes.
C
Chromatin is DNA in the form of a short strand. During cell division, chromatin strands coil into thick structures called chromosomes.
D
Chromatin is DNA in the form of a long strand. During cell division, chromatin strands condenses into thick structures called chromosomes.
E
Chromatin is DNA in the form of a long strand. During cell division, chromatin strands coil and condenses into short structures called chromosomes.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chromatin fibers can unwind for DNA replication and transcription. When cells replicate, duplicated chromatins condense further to become a lot like chromosomes, visible under microscope which are separated into daughter cells during cell division.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chromatin condenses to form chromosomes during cell division. They are both essentially the same thing, but with a different structure. Chromatin is a network of fibers that contains the genetic information whereas the chromosomes are a more condensed version of the same thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the cell enters mitosis, chromatin condensation leads to the formation of metaphase chromosomes consisting of two identical sister chromatids. These sister chromatids are held together at the centromere, which is seen as a constricted chromosomal region.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chromatin material is entangled mass of thread-like structures. Chromatin material gets organized into chromosomes, just before the cell divides.

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