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Telomere

see synonyms of telomere

Noun

1. telomere

either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome

Example Sentences:
'telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Telomere

see synonyms of telomere
noun
genetics
either of the ends of a chromosome

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Telomere

see synonyms of telomere
noun
any of the specialized structures, consisting of a set of nucleotides, that form the terminal sections of a eukaryotic chromosome and that are essential for cellular replication

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Telomere

see synonyms of telomere
n.
Either of the sections of DNA occurring at the ends of a chromosome.

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