A liquor store (WBZ-TV). BOSTON (CBS) â The price of alcohol could be going up in Boston. The city council has scheduled a public hearing to put a two percent tax on alcohol sales in the city. The Boston Herald is reporting the tax would raise as much as $20 million. The money would go toward substance abuse and prevention programs.
When the chromosomes condense during cell division, they have already undergone replication. Each chromosome thus consists of two identical replicas, called chromatids, joined at a point called the centromere. During mitosis the sister chromatids separate, one going to each daughter cell. Chromosomes thus meet the first criterion for being the repository of genes: they are replicated, and a...
Each chromosome has a constriction point called the centromere , which divides the chromosome into two sections , or â arms. â The short arm of the chromosome is labeled the â p arm. â The long arm of the chromosome is labeled the â q arm. â The location of the centromere on each chromosome gives the chromosome its characteristic shape , and can be ...