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Meaning of telomeros




Jimeno Álvarez

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Telomeres is incorrectly written, and should be written as "Telomeres" being its meaning: Telomeres ( from Greek telos, " 34 final; and groupers, " 34 part; ) they are the ends of the chromosomes. They are non-coding DNA regions, highly repetitive, whose main function is the structural stability of chromosomes in eukaryotic cells, the cell division and the life time of the cell lines. They are also involved in diseases such as cancer.

  



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