The 'waist' of the chromosome that is essential for the division and retention of the chromosome in the cell. The centromere is a uniquely specialized region of the chromosome to which spindle fibers attach during cell division.

(sen-tro-mere) [Gk. kentron, center + meros, a part] The centralized region joining two sister chromatids.

A centromere is a constricted region of a chromosome that separates it into a short arm (p) and a long arm (q). During cell division, the chromosomes first replicate so that each daughter cell receives a complete set of chromosomes. Following DNA replication, the chromosome consists of two identical structures called sister chromatids, which are jo [..]

This term refers to the portion of a chromosome where the kinetochore assembles. The kinetochore attaches chromosomes to mitotic and meiotic spindles. Thus, the centromere is critical for the proper segregation of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis. In S. cerevisiae, the centromeres (CENs) are comprised of specific DNA sequences (CDEI, CDEII, a [..]

A centromere is one of the parts of each chromosome. It is a dense area that joins together the two chromatids (arms) of each chromosome.

Constricted region on a chromosome that stains less strongly than the rest of the chromosome; region where spindle microtubules attach to a chromosome. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All [..]

A specialized constricted region of a chromosome to which spindle fibers attach during cell division at which two sister chromatids are joined, and which attach to the spindle during cell division.

Constricted region of a mitotic chromosome that holds sister chromatids together; also the site on the DNA where the kinetochore forms and then captures microtubules from the mitotic spindle. centrosome

The centralized region joining two sister chromatids. Covered in BIOL1020 Lab 6 Mitosis & Meiosis

a region on a chromosome that joins two sister chromatids. Chromatid

CenH3

The region of chromosome that attaches to the spindle at mitosis

  The clear region where the arms of the chromosomes meet.  They are highly specialized structural elements that function to segregate eukaryotic chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis.

The point in between pairs of identical chromosomes at which they are held together prior to cell division.

region of the chromosomes where two sister chromatids attach

(n) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape

Constricted portion of a mitotic chromosome where sister chromatids are attached and from which kinetochore fibers extend toward a spindle pole; required for proper chromosome segregation during mitos [..]

The clear constricted portion of the Chromosome at which the Chromatids are joined and by which the Chromosome is attached to the spindle during Cell Division.

The clear constricted portion of the chromosome at which the chromatids are joined and by which the chromosome is attached to the spindle during cell division.

The most condensed and constricted region of a chromosome which joins the two chromatids of the chromosome together. It is also the attachment point of spindle fibres during cell division when the two chromatids separate.

the point in the middle of the chromosome where two chromatids join.

A kinetochore; the constricted region of a nuclear chromosome, to which the spindle fibres attach during division.

A region of DNA that binds sister chromatids into a diploid chromosome.

In mammalian genetics, the primary constriction of a chromosome separating it into the short arm (p) and the long arm (q). The centromere is the chromosomal region over which the kinetochore is organized. Mouse chromosomes have centromeres close to one end and have essentially no short arm. See also the entry at NHGRI's Talking Glossary of Gen [..]