What are telomeres and what is there role in cell death?

Telomeres cap and protect the ends of chromosomes from degradation and illegitimate recombination. ... Abolition of telomerase activity in such cells nevertheless results in telomere shortening, a process that eventually destabilizes the ends of chromosomes, leading to genomic instability and cell growth arrest or death.

meiosis is the first to occur after the nuclei of opposite of opposite mating types fuse

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