{
  "id": 14179290,
  "title": "A telomere-to-telomere genome of Holstein cattle resolves chromosome-end architecture and the genetic basis of telomere length",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/a-telomere-to-telomere-genome-of-holstein-cattle-resolves-chromosome",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.10.758172v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Telomeres safeguard chromosome-end integrity, yet population-scale dissection of telomere-length genetics has been largely restricted to humans. Here, we report a 3.01-Gb telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome of Holstein cattle that resolves repeat-rich chromosome ends and centromeres and enables telomere-length quantification at single-chromosome-end resolution. Holstein chromosome ends show marked…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}