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Not sure where you have got that description of telomeres, a better analogy would be protective caps on the ends of your chromosomes.
by _Wintermute 11y ago
Not sure where you have got that description of telomeres, a better analogy would be protective caps on the ends of your chromosomes.
- stephengillie 11y agoI got it from one news blog or another. What makes you describe them as protective caps? Do they physically encapsulate the chromosome?
- fixermark 11y agoThey terminate the chromosome, and it seems that at each division they get shorter (I'm not sure at present how much is understood as to the 'how' or 'why' of that effect). When they get too short, cellular division fails.