Rapid evolution and functional divergence of the monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii telomerase
Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures that protect chromosome ends and are maintained by the Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) protein that uses a noncoding Telomerase RNA (TR) as a template. In monkeyflowers, Mimulus lewisii had an ancient TR gene duplication, synthesizing an evolutionarily atypical sequence heterogeneous telomere. How TERT interacts with both TR paralogs during telomere…
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