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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on November 3, 2008.
Genetics, Vol. 181, 323-325, January 2009, Copyright © 2009
doi:10.1534/genetics.108.096289
Simple Telomeres in a Simple Animal: Absence of Subtelomeric Repeat Regions in the Placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens
Hugh M. Robertson1
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
1 Address for correspondence: Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.
E-mail: hughrobe{at}uiuc.edu
Simple telomeres were identified in the genome assembly of the basal placozoan animal Trichoplax adhaerens. They have 1–2 kb of TTAGGG telomeric repeats, which are preceded by a subtelomeric region of 1.5–13 kb. Unlike subtelomeric regions in most animals examined, these subtelomeric regions are unique to each telomere.
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