chromatin
The ordered and organized complex of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that forms the chromosome. [ GOC:elh http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20404130 ]
Term info
Chromosomes include parts that are not part of the chromatin. Examples include the kinetochore.
chromosome scaffold
GO:0000790, GO:0005717, GO:0000789
nuclear chromatin, cytoplasmic chromatin
cellular_component
GO:0000785
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl