What Is a Telomere?

Telomeres are distinctive structures found at the ends of our chromosomes. They consist of the same short DNA sequence repeated over and over again.

Topics

  • telomere
  • DNA
  • sequence
  • chromosomes
  • bases
  • base pair
  • nucleus
  • cell
  • division
  • replication
  • gene
  • apoptosis
  • telomerase
  • enzyme
  • somatic
  • germline
  • cancer
  • medicine
  • diabetes
  • ageing
  • germ cell
  • stem cell
  • fertility