A terminal section of a chromosome which has a specialized structure and which is involved in chromosomal replication and stability. Its length is believed to be a few hundred base pairs.
    

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Telomeres / edited by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider.

Telomeres / edited by Titia de Lange, Vicki Lundblad, Elizabeth Blackburn.

Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA / Catherine Brady.

Telomeres and telomerase / [editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Gail Cardew].

The telomere / David Kipling.

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Telomeres / edited by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider.

Telomeres / edited by Titia de Lange, Vicki Lundblad, Elizabeth Blackburn.

Elizabeth Blackburn and the story of telomeres : deciphering the ends of DNA / Catherine Brady.

Telomeres and telomerase / [editors, Derek J. Chadwick and Gail Cardew].

The telomere / David Kipling.