CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
CELL CYCLE
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chromatin
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chromosomes
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chromatid
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During telophase, the “distance phase, ” the chromosomes reach the opposite poles and begin to decondense (unravel), relaxing into a chromatin configuration.
Detailed explanation-2: -The relaxed form of DNA that can be found in the nucleus is referred to as chromatin.
Detailed explanation-3: -A chromosome looks like a series of tiny yarns These globule-like yarns span anything from a few hundred thousand to a million base pairs, explained Heard. Base pairs (abbreviated as A, C, G and Ts) are the genome’s unit of measurement, and a person’s DNA consists of over 3 billion pairs.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, proteins called the core histones act as spool around which DNA is coiled twice to form a structure called the nucleosome. Nucleosomes are formed at regular intervals along the DNA strand, giving the molecule the appearance of “beads on a string”.