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Aloe spp.--plants with vertebrate-like telomeric sequences.
Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology - 1 Jan 2002
Weiss Hanna, Scherthan Harry
Abstract excerpt
Chromosome termini of most eukaryotes end in tracks of short tandemly repeated GC-rich sequences, the composition of which varies among different groups of organisms. Plant species predominantly contain (TTTAGGG)n repeats at their telomeres. However, a few plant species, including members of Alliaceae and Aloe spp. (Asphodelaceae) were found to lack such Arabidopsis-type (T3AG3)n telomeric repeats. Recently, it...
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