Between 1945 and 1975 the U

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Short Answer

Between 1945 and 1975 the U.S. government secretly monitored telegram traffic entering and leaving the United States, as well as other communications. The name of this project was __________________.

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Definitions:

Centromere

The region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach, via the kinetochore, during cell division.

Mitotic Spindle

A structure composed of microtubules, which segregates chromosomes into the daughter cells during mitosis.

Telomere

Region of noncoding DNA at the end of a chromosome; provides a buffer against loss of coding sequences.

Duplicated Chromosome

A chromosome that has undergone replication resulting in two identical copies joined together, important for cell division.