| 21. | Telomeres prevent them from breaking and getting tangled up with one another.
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| 22. | Evidence can be found for recombination between several different groups of telomeres.
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| 23. | Many aging-related diseases are linked to shortened telomeres.
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| 24. | Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere.
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| 25. | In humans and other animals, telomeres almost always shorten with age.
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| 26. | RIF1 and RIF2 cap the chromosome ends ( telomeres ) in yeast.
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| 27. | The currently accepted terminology for these sequences is " mega-telomeres"
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| 28. | DUF domains are involved in telomere maintenance and meiotic segregation.
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| 29. | TERRA can also regulate telomere length by increasing euchromatin formation.
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| 30. | Telomerase is like a tiny molecular carpenter that rebuilds telomeres as they shorten.
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