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Every chromosome essentially has a primary constriction or the ________, on the sides of which disc shaped structures called _____ are present
BiologyCell - The Unit of LifeNEET
Options:
  • A centrosome, centromere
  • B chromocenter, centromere
  • C centromere, kinetochores
  • D centromere, centromere
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The correct answer is: centromere, kinetochores
Each chromosome consists of two chromatids that remain attached at a point called centromere or primary constriction. At centromere two disc-shaped structures are presently known as kinetochore. During cell division spindle fibers attaches to the kinetochore.

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