06/16/2025
research article
Monkeyflower (Mimulus) uncovers the evolutionary basis of the eukaryote telomere sequence variation
Here, the authors study the telomeres in Mimulus by investigating the noncoding telomerase RNA (TR), which determines the telomere sequence in eukaryotes. They find that TR duplications and divergence are linked to the evolution of multiple distinct telomere repeat types across species.
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