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telomere /telo·mere/ (tel´o-mēr) 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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Either end of a chromosome; a terminal chromosome.

telomere

[tel′ō·mēr]

either of the ends of a chromosome, which possess special properties, among them a polarity that prevents their reunion with any fragment after a chromosome has been broken.

telomere [tel´o-mēr]

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.

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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telomere (redirected from Alternative lengthening of telomeres)

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