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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Repetitive DNA sequences, Transposon, Plasmid, Retroposon, Telomere, Microsatellite, Inverted repeat, CRISPR, Retrotransposon, P element, Transposons as a genetic tool, PUC19, Alu element, Tn3 resolvase, Transposase, Minisatellite, Ty5 retrotransposon, Short tandem repeat, Variable number tandem repeat, Y-STR, Plant transformation vector, Interspersed repeat, Insertion sequence, Satellite DNA, Microsatellite instability, Transfer DNA, Slipped strand mispairing, Repeated sequence, Sister chromatid exchange, Transposon mutagenesis, Subtelomere, Micropia, Gypsy, Snpstr, Snptstr, Direct repeat, InSatDb, Transpogene, UgMicroSatdb, FREP, TIGR plant repeat database, Univec, VectorDB, L1Base, MICdb, RetrOryza, Classification of mobile genetic elements, Isfinder, Tandem repeats database, Strbase, Tn10, MLVA, Islander, Concatemer, STR multiplex systems, Helitron, Composite transposon, Telomere-binding protein, Terminally redundant DNA, Replicative transposition, Simple transposon. Excerpt: A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA sequence at the end of a chromosome, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration or from fusion with neighbouring chromosomes. Its name is derived from the Greek nouns telos ( ) "end" and mer s (, root: -) "part." The telomere regions deter the degradation of genes near the ends of chromosomes by allowing for the shortening of chromosome ends, which necessarily occurs during chromosome replication. During cell division, enzymes that duplicate DNA cannot continue their duplication all the way to the end of the chromosome. If cells divided without telomeres, they would lose the ends of their chromosomes, and the necessary information they contain. The telomeres are disposable buffers blocking the ends of the chromosomes and are consumed during cell division and replenished b...
