Chromatids

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Sister chromatids are 2 idendical strands of DNA, held together at the Centromere after being copied in the S-Phase of the Cell cycle [1]. During Mitosis chromatids separate, each entering identical daughter cells.

References

  1. Alberts et al. (2008) The Molecular Biology Of The Cell, 5th edition, New York:Garland Science.