What is the name for the point at which the two halves of a duplicated chromosomes are connected
In this diagram of a duplicated chromosome, (2) identifies the centromereâthe region that joins the two sister chromatids, or each half of the chromosome.he centromere (centro- + -mere) is the part of a chromosome that links sister chromatids. During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to the centromere via the kinetochore. Centromeres were first defined as genetic loci that direhromosomes.