Linear chromosomes shorten in every round of replication. In Drosophila, telomere‐
specialized long interspersed retrotransposable elements (LINEs) belonging to the jockey …

Drosophila telomeres are remarkable because they are maintained by telomere-specific
retrotransposons, rather than the enzyme telomerase that maintains telomeres in almost …

▪ Abstract Telomere molecular biology is far more complex than originally thought.
Understanding biological systems is aided by study of evolutionary variants, and Drosophila …

Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that perform
a number of vital functions. They allow a cell to distinguish between natural chromosome …

The non-LTR retrotransposons forming Drosophila telomeres constitute a robust mechanism
for telomere maintenance, one which has persisted since before separation of the extant …

Drosophila telomeres comprise DNA sequences that differ dramatically from those of other
eukaryotes. Telomere functions, however, are similar to those found in telomerase‐based …

The maintenance of terminal sequences is an important role of the telomere, since it
prevents the loss of internal regions that encode essential genes. In most eukaryotes, this is …

In most eukaryotes, telomerase counteracts chromosome erosion by adding repetitive
sequence to terminal ends. Drosophila melanogaster instead relies on specialized …

Telomere serves two essential functions for the cell. It prevents the recognition of natural
chromosome ends as DNA breaks (the end capping function). It counteracts incomplete end …

Drosophila and extant species are the best-studied telomerase exception. In this organism,
telomere elongation is coupled with targeted retrotransposition of Healing Transposon (HeT …