Interstitial Telomeric Repeats Are Rare in Turtles

Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes protecting chromosome ends in most eukaryotic organisms. In addition to chromosome ends, telomeric-like motifs can be accumulated in centromeric, pericentromeric and intermediate (i.e., between centromeres and telomeres) positions as so-called interstitial telom...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Clemente, Sofia Mazzoleni, Eleonora Pensabene Bellavia, Barbora Augstenová, Markus Auer, Peter Praschag, Tomáš Protiva, Petr Velenský, Philipp Wagner, Uwe Fritz, Lukáš Kratochvíl, Michail Rovatsos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/6/657

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