Kinetochore microtubules assist in the process of splitting centromeres by ________.
A) using motor proteins to split the centromere at specific arginine residues
B) creating tension by pulling toward opposite poles
C) sliding past each other like actin filaments
D) phosphorylating the centromere, thereby changing its conformation

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Kinetochore microtubules pull on the centromeres and create tension that helps to split them apart during cell division. This process is necessary to ensure that each daughter cell receives a full set of chromosomes. Motor proteins do assist in chromosome movement, but they do not split the centromere at specific arginine residues. Kinetochore microtubules do not slide past each other like actin filaments, and they do not phosphorylate the centromere.

Kinetochore Microtubules Assist in the Process of Splitting Centromeres by ________