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The two daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome that are joined by a single centromere. Upon the division of the centromere, the sister chromatids become separate chromosomes. See Chronology, Flemming; meiosis, mitosis.
From: chromatids in A Dictionary of Genetics »
Subjects: Biological Sciences.
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