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Grade 12th passZoology

How the telomere is important in ageing ? i mean how we can know about the telomere from ageing or vice versa ?

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes, like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces. Without the coating, shoelaces become frayed until they can no longer do their job, just as without telomeres, DNA strands become damaged and our cells can't do their job.