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Centromere – serves as an attachment site for sister chromatids and spindle
fibers
Chromatid – one half of a replicated chromosome which is joined to the
other half at the centromere
Sister Chromatids – two identical copies of a parent chromosome which are
attached to one another at the centromere
Spindle fibers – protein structures which move the chromosomes during cell
division
Chromosomes – discrete structures which occur in eukaryotic cell nuclei,
contain one or two DNA double helices (in their unreplicated and replicated
forms respectively), and are associated with protein especially when
condensed
Cytokinesis – division of the cytoplasm, usually at the end of nuclear division
Daughter cell – one of two cells resulting from the division of a single cell
DNA synthesis – DNA synthesis takes place during S phase of the cell cycle;
the two strands of a DNA double helix separate and each serves as a
template for synthesis of complementary daughter strand.