Mechanism for chromosome corruption also revealed.
What is a telimopre : Its the length between the regions of repeating DNA that protect the ends of chromosomes.
Now, Duncan Baird of the University of Cardiff, UK, and his colleagues have found the shortest length telomeres can reach before they cause fusion.
A cell's lifespan depends on the length of its telomeres — the regions of repeating DNA that protect the ends of chromosomes. Every time a cell divides, its telomeres get shorter until they become unstable and cause chromosomes to fuse together. These fusions can make the chromosomes break when cells divide, leading to cell death or triggering genomic rearrangements associated with the early stages of cancer.
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