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    • January 29, 2007 at 3:52 am #6858
      sundrops
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      How many telomeres are there in a non-dividing human liver cell?

      well humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
      each chromosome is tipped with a telomere. so, my guess would be 46 telomeres.

      I’m a little unsure, because I think telomeres just cap off one end of the chromosome, but if they cap off both ends, then that would be 92 telomeres.

      Any insight will be appreciated! 😛

    • January 29, 2007 at 6:22 am #68281
      LilKim
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      Let me help clarify…

      if humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes that means that humans have 46 chromosomes.

      And, each chromosomes have 2 ends (p-arm and q-arm) that both have a telomere cap.

      that’s 92 telomeres …

    • January 31, 2007 at 3:50 pm #68423
      sundrops
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      thank you so much for your help! 🙂

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