Delany, Daniels, Swanberg and Taylor, Poultry Science (2003)

ABSTRACT Telomeres are the complex nucleoprotein structures at the termini of linear chromosomes. Telomeric
DNA consists of a highly conserved hexanucleotide arranged in tandem repeats. Telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein of the reverse transcriptase family, specifies the sequence of telomeric DNA and maintains telomere array length. Numerous studies in model organisms established the significance of telomere structure and function in regulating genome stability, cellular aging, and oncogenesis.

Delany, Daniels, Swanberg and Taylor 2003, Poultry Science