That's based on the banding pattern of the cell, but a lot of that is based on how big the P arm is relative to the Q arm. So it's always an important consideration for us to know where the centromere is. That's visually how we use it for some genetic tests, but it's also important that the centromere has a very important function during cell division.
During cell division, this is the place where the chromosomes, when they're undergoing replication, that they're held together so that the chromosomes don't lose their sister chromatid during the cell division process.
Julie A. Segre, Ph. G2 phase is for more cell growth, further duplication of cytoplasmic organelles, and general preparation for mitosis. Since the period of interphase when DNA is replicated is the S phase, it's also the time during which centromeres are replicated. This makes sense since centromeres are part of chromosomes and chromosomes are S phase is the part of interphase when DNA duplication takes place.
Without new centromeres for the new copy of DNA that is replicated during S phase, the cell would not be able to pull the replicated DNA copies apart. Humans have 46 chromosomes and each of them has a centromere.
The period of interphase when DNA is replicated is the S phase, and thus is when all centromeres replicate by S phase definition. But, not all of them replicate at the same time during that phase. Centromeres contain regions of DNA called alpha satellite sequences. These are segments of DNA that are repeated, like rows of print in a book. These regions are thousands of nucleotides long -- a nucleotide is a building block of DNA -- and are replicated during S phase to make new centromeres.
The centromeres on the chromosomes of fruit flies and yeast also replicate during S phase. In certain fruit flies, centromeres replicate early in S phase. David H. Given the large amount of current research interest in centromere biology, it seems likely that the centromere has a few more surprises in store for us. Cheeseman, I. Molecular architecture of the kinetochore-microtubule interface.
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Why are these small chromosomal regions so essential to such a major cellular process? Aa Aa Aa. Figure 1. Centromeres Are Regions of Specialized Chromatin. Figure 3: Kinetochore organization. The kinetochore can be thought of as three sets of subcomponents: a The chromosomal DNA-inner kinetochore protein interface further details of this interface are shown in Figure 3 , b the inner kinetochore-mitotic spindle interface; and c the kinetochore protein-cell cycle machinery interface.
Figure Detail. Kinetochores Assemble at Centromeres. Figure 4. Figure 5. Centromeres Still Hold Many Secrets.
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