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chromatid

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chromatid (krō`mətəd): see chromosome chromosome (krō`məsōm')
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; crossing over crossing over, process in genetics by which the two chromosomes of a homologous pair exchange equal segments with each other. Crossing over occurs in the first division of meiosis .
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chromatid [′krō·mə·təd]
(cell and molecular biology)
One of the pair of strands formed by longitudinal splitting of a chromosome which are joined by a single centromere in somatic cells during mitosis.
One of a tetrad of strands formed by longitudinal splitting of paired chromosomes during diplotene of meiosis.


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For example, Schantz et al demonstrated that sensitivity to chromatid breaks of lymphocytes treated with bleomycin was one such marker.
For example, Chinese hamster ovary cells exposed to DU exhibit lower cell viability, depressed cell cycle kinetics, and increased sister chromatid exchanges, micronuclei, and chromosomal aberrations after DU exposure (Lin et al.
Through a process of 'crossing over', the segments of non-sister chromatids of a homologous pair of homologous dyads are exchanged.
 
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