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Answer for the clue "One of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis ", 9 letters:
chromatid

Word definitions for chromatid in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A chromatid (Greek khrōmat- 'color' + -id ) is one copy of a newly copied chromosome which is still joined to the other copy by a single centromere. Before replication, one chromosome is composed of one DNA molecule. Following replication, each chromosome ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context genetics English) Either of the two strands of a chromosome that separate during mitosis.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
chromatid \chromatid\ n. (Cell Biol.) one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis.

Usage examples of chromatid.

Chromosomes began their stately dance, pairing and parting, chromatids joining and breaking again at their chiasmata, each with slightly rearranged genetic material.

But the chromatids did not then separate again and migrate to the cellular poles in a second anaphase.