If a Person Had Defective Centromeres,which of the Following Would

question 47

Multiple Choice

If a person had defective centromeres,which of the following would result?

• A) the DNA would not coil around histones
• B) DNA could not duplicate
• C) sister chromatids could not attach to each other
• D) the chromosome number would be reduced
• E) none of these would result

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