テロメア

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

telomere

Biology term for the protective cap at the end of a chromosome. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

• テロメアは染せん色しょく体たいの末まっ端たんにある反はん復ぷく配はい列れつです。

  Telomeres are repetitive sequences at the ends of chromosomes.

• テロメアの長ながさは細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつのたびに短みじかくなる。

  Telomere length shortens with each cell division.