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barry barry
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12 years ago
Explain why a mutation in the gene that encodes telomerase would be a lethal mutation.
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12 years ago
The function of the telomerase enzyme is to replicate DNA at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes, and therefore a mutation that prevents telomerase from being active would halt DNA replication in eukaryotes.
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