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GO: OBSOLETE. A chromosome found in the cell during interphase of the cell cycle. Chromosomes are usually decondensed during interphase and each long DNA molecule in a chromosome is divided into a large number of discrete domains that are folded differently. [GOC:ai, ISBN:0815316194],NCI: Interphase chromosomes are decondensed chromosomes that reside in the interphase nucleus in the form of chromatin. Two types of chromatin, euchromatin and heterochromatin, can be discerned microscopically.
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