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Vocabulary chp 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein | Chromosome |
| What is a protein found in chromosomes | Histone |
| What is one of the two strands of a chromosome that become visible during meiosis or mitosis | Chromatid |
| What holds the two sister chromatids together | Centromere |
| What is DNA strands that are loosely coiled | Chromatin |
| What are the chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism | Sex chromosome |
| What are any chromosomes that are not a sex of an organism | Autosome |
| What are chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes that pair during meiosis | Homologous Chromosome |
| What is a display of chromosomes arranged in homologous pairs | Karyotype |
| What is a cell that contains two haploid sets of chromosomes | Diploid |
| What is one set of unpaired chromosomes | Haploid |