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nicholaschean
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I know that telomeres are found on the ends of DNA molecules as stated by my notes. But i was wondering if they are only found on the 3' ends or both 5' and 3' because since DNA is double stranded, if it were to be found on both 5' and 3', one parental strand will be
5'-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG█████████TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG-3'. By complementary base pairing, the other parental strand will be
3'-AATCCCAATCCCAATCCC█████████AATCCCAATCCCAATCCC-5' whereby there is no telomere repeat at the ends.
Please clarify this doubt thanks! :)
5'-TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG█████████TTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG-3'. By complementary base pairing, the other parental strand will be
3'-AATCCCAATCCCAATCCC█████████AATCCCAATCCCAATCCC-5' whereby there is no telomere repeat at the ends.
Please clarify this doubt thanks! :)