- telomerase by Diego Gutierrez
a DNA polymerase involved in the formation of telomeres and the maintenance of telomere sequences...
- telomerase by Veronica Neal
A DNA polymerase involved in the formation of telomeres and the maintenance of telomere sequences...
- chromosome by Mitchell Baldwin
... in animals, plants, and other eukaryotes during mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. The single DNA molecule in each chromosome carries a unique complement of linearly arranged genes.
- aging by Xavier Moss
... is largely determined by genes. This view is suggested by the great range of lifespans among different animal species—from a few days in the fruit fly to more than 100 years in some tortoises. Scientists have recently learned how to double the lifespans of such laboratory organisms as roundworms and fruit flies through genetic manipulation, and mutant genes ...
- Chromocenter by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the heterochromatic region of a chromosome that retains the tightly spiralized structure of a...