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telomere
(redirected from Alternative lengthening of telomeres)

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telomere /telo·mere/ (tel´o-mer) an extremity of a chromosome, which has specific properties, one of which is a polarity that prevents reunion with any fragment after a chromosome has been broken.
tel·o·mere (tl-mîr, tl-)
n.
Either end of a chromosome; a terminal chromosome.
telomere
an extremity of a chromosome, which has specific properties, one of which is a polarity that prevents reunion with any fragment after a chromosome has been broken.


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