Chapter 11, Problem 12P

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

Do bacterial chromosomes possess centromeres and telomeres?

Formulate a debate for each answer, explain each answer with yes or no with suitable reasons and relate it to evolutionary aspects.

Introduction:

Centromeres are the most constricted regions present on the chromosome that determine kinetochore formation and sister chromatid cohesion.

Telomere is the repetitive nucleotide sequence (near about $\text{3000}$ times) at the end of the chromosome which forms the cap which protects the end of chromosomes from damaging and forming a fusion with another chromosome during cell division. Both structures are present in linear chromosomes found in eukaryotes.