| 单词 | telomere |
| 释义 | telomere (once / 63205 pages) n WORD FAMILY telomere: telomeres USAGE EXAMPLESBlackburn is famous for her work on telomeres—the chromosome-capping entities that protect genetic material as it replicates. Time(Nov 02, 2016) Telomeres gradually shorten as people age and eventually may disappear, leaving cells vulnerable to disease and death. Wall Street Journal(Oct 24, 2016) Telomeres, located at the ends of chromosomes, tend to shorten with repeated cell divisions and limit the number of divisions by most cells. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) n either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together Hyper end, terminal either extremity of something that has length |
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