Chromosome vs. Chromatid

Chromosomenoun

A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

Chromosomenoun

One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

Chromosomenoun

a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

Chromosome

A chromosome is a long DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. Most eukaryotic chromosomes include packaging proteins called histones which, aided by chaperone proteins, bind to and condense the DNA molecule to maintain its integrity.

Chromatidnoun

(genetics) After DNA replication either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis

Chromatidnoun

one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis.

Chromatidnoun

one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis

Chromatid

A chromatid (Greek khrōmat- 'color' + -id) is one half of a duplicated chromosome. Before replication, one chromosome is composed of one DNA molecule.