Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 26P
Telomeres are found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes.
a. What is the sequence composition of telomeres?
b. How does telomerase assemble telomeres?
c. What is the functional role of telomeres?
d. Why is telomerase usually active in germ-line cells but not in somatic cells?
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Ch. 7 - What results from the experiments of Frederick...Ch. 7 - 7.2 Explain why Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty’s in...Ch. 7 - 7.3 Hershey and Chase selected the bacteriophage...Ch. 7 - 7.4 Explain how the Hershey and Chase experiment...Ch. 7 - 7.5 One strand of a fragment of duplex DNA has the...Ch. 7 - 7.6 The principles of complementary base pairing...Ch. 7 - For the following fragment of DNA, determine the...Ch. 7 - 7.8 Figures present simplified depictions of...Ch. 7 - 7.9 Consider the sequence -ACGCTACGTC-.
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