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Glossary Term
Glossary Term Kinetochore
Definition A structure formed adjacent to the centromere of a condensed chromosome that allows the chromosome to attach to microtubules of the meiotic or mitotic spindle.
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MGI 6.24 		The Jackson Laboratory