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what were the experimental organisms that enabled scientists to learn about DNA?

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bacteria and viruses

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what did Griffith work with in 1928?

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bacteria that causes pneumonia

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what 2 strains did Griffith work with?

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S (smooth) Strain - encased in a capsule and pathogenic

R (rough) Strain - lacked a capsule and could be destroyed by the host’s immune/lymphatic system

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What happened in the experiment where heat killed S cells were mixed with R cells?

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DNA from the heat killed S was picked up by the living R and they “transformed” into pathogenic S cells

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what did Griffith’s experiment show?

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transformation - when DNA from one source assimilates into another source, causing a change/ “transformation” in genotype and phenotype

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who was the first to suggest that DNA was the agent being transferred between bacteria cells?

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Oswald Avery

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what did most scientists think were the agents?

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proteins

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what are phages?

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viruses that infect bacteria

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who proved that it was DNA and not proteins that were responsible for transferring genetic info ? through what work?

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Hershey and Chase; through their work with bacteriophages

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what are bacteriophages?

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viruses that infect bacteria

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at minimum, what is a virus?

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DNA/RNA in a protein coat called a capsid

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protein contain what elements?

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CHON

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13
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what is different between proteins and DNA?

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protein - S
DNA -P

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what did batch 1 have?

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radioactive S (protein)

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what did batch 2 have?

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radioactive P (DNA)

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what was incorporated in T2 bacteriophages that infect E coli bacteria?

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2 different radioactive tags - S and P

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what was the result of Hershey and Chase’s experiment?

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P appeared in E coli and S didnt, so DNA was being transferred

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who noticed the percentages of A,T,C,G in DNA?

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Chargaff
A and T ~ 30%
C and G ~ 20%

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A=T and C=G equalities are known as

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Chargaff’s Rule

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the race to discover DNA’s true shape was won by?

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Watson and Crick
(Maurice Wilkins also won Nobel Prize)

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how was DNA’s shape found?

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Rosalind Franklin took X-ray crystallography images taken, and Watson and Crick saw that it was a double helix

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the correct model of DNA consists of

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sugars (deoxyribose) and phosphates along the sides of the ladder and the N bases along the rungs

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23
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bonds between phosphate group and sugar?

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covalent phosphodiester

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24
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bonds between complementary n bases?

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H bonds

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bonds bw non complementary n bases?

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Van der Waals

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26
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how many bonds bw adenine and thymine?

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2

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how many bonds bw cytosine and guanine?

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3

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what needs to happen before DNA copies itself?

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H bonds bw the nitrogen bases must be broken first

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what does a template (old) strand act as?

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acts as a guide for the formation of a new complementary strand

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30
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what happens in DNA replication?

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nucleotides - simple sugar deoxyribose, phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base- line up along the template strand according to base pairing rules

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31
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where are the two old strands located in replication?

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outside

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32
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where are the two new stands located in replication?

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inside

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33
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when a double helix duplicates, what is the resulting daughter molecules?

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2 new helices, with one new and one old- semiconservative model

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34
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why was DNA replication first studied in E coli?

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they have a single circular chromosome called the nucleoid (5 million base pairs) and can undergo DNA replication in less than an hour

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35
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how is DNA replication in humans?

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46 chromosomes - 6 billion base pairs
takes a few hours to replicate and divide

36
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how much is known about DNA replication in prokaryotes than eukaryotes?

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a lot more is known

37
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in prokaryotes, where does DNA replication begin?

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origin of replication and it proceeds in both directions along the circular DNA molecule until entire molecule is copied

38
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how is DNA replication in eukaryotes?

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linear and there are 100-1000’s of origins of replications

39
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why do eukaryotes have many origins of replciation?

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increase speed of copying very long DNA strands

40
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the opening of 2 strands of DNA does what?

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creates bubbles that eventually fuse together forming 2 daughter DNA strands

41
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what is the point where bubbles formed called?

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replication fork

42
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who adds nucleotides to the DNA strand?

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DNA polymerase

43
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where does the energy to add nucleotide come from?

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nucleoside triphosphate- nucleotides but with 3 phosphate groups instead of 1

44
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how does nucleoside triphosphate provide energy?

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very negatively charged and unstable, which accounts for the exergonic energy involved to drive reactions

45
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what is the structure of 2 DNA strands?

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antiparallel

46
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what does antiparallel mean in terms of DNA?

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their sugar-phosphate backbones run in opposite directions

47
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5’ end

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phosphate group

48
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3’ end

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hydroxyl group

49
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with DNA replication, in which direction does the growing strand grow?

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5’ to 3’

50
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when DNA molecule opens up for replication, which what direction does it grow off from?

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3’ to 5’ from the template strand

51
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which direction does the daughter strand always grow in?

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5 to 3

52
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leading strand

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complementary strand of new DNA

53
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overall direction of the DNA replication in replication forks opening left?

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towards the left

54
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creating fragments in 5’ to 3’ direction

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backstitching

55
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lagging strand

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DNA polymerase builds new DNA in 5 to 3 direction, and in a direction opposite to the leading strand and in short segments

56
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short segments of DNA in lagging starnd

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Okazaki fragments

57
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how are Okazaki fragments linked?

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enzyme DNA ligase

58
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in a bubble, what are the leading and lagging strands?

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leading strand - top left, bottom right
lagging strand - top right, bottom left

59
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all replication bubbles fuse to form…

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two new strands of DNA on the inside

60
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which enzyme adds nucleotides before DNA polymerase?

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primase

61
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in what direction does primase add nucleotides?

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5’ to 3’

62
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are the nucleotides added by primase DNA or RNA?

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RNA

63
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what is the resulting RNA fragment added by primase called?

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RNA primer

64
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which enzyme replaces RNA primer?

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2nd diff DNA polymerase (I)

65
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what is the first step of DNA replication?

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DNA helicase breaks the H bonds to unzip and unwind the double helix

66
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what happens after DNA unwinds due to helicase?

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single strand binding proteins hold open the unwound DNA molecule

67
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what does topoisomerase do?

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helps relieve tension created by unwinding DNA

68
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what does primase do after SSBP attach?

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arrives to prime/start building the daughter strand, adding about 10 RNA nucleotides in a 5’ to 3’ direction

69
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what happens once RNA nucleotides are added?

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DNA polymerase (III) adds complementary DNA nucleotides
DNA polymerase (I) replaces RNA primer with DNA

70
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last enzyme involved in DNA replication

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DNA ligase
links Okazaki fragments in lagging strand

71
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how rare are errors in matching base pairs?

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one error per billion

72
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what proofreads mistakes that are made in DNA replication?

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DNA polymerase
it immediately replaces a nucleotide if the wrong one is added and resumes replication

73
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what causes mutations to existing DNA?

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chemicals, radioactivity, UV light, X rays

74
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what correct damaged DNA?

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repair enzymes

75
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what does nuclease do?

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cuts out damaged DNA segment and DNA polymerase fills the gap and DNA ligase seals it up

76
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what enzymes replace the last fragment of the DNA molecule?

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no enzymes can do that

77
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since last fragment of DNA is not replaced, what happens after repeated replication?

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shorter and shorter DNA molecules are produced

78
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what solves the problem or DNA molecules getting shorter?

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eukaryotes have telomeres on the ends of their DNA

79
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telomeres?

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segments at the end of a DNA molecule that do not contain genes, so therefore do not make proteins

80
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what sequence are telomeres?

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TTAGGG

81
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what do telomeres protect?

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the organism’s genes/DNA from being eroded away through successive rounds of DNA replication

82
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because of telomeres, how are our genes that code for traits?

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unaffected until we’re older as the telomeres shorten instead

83
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what does enzyme telomerase do?

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helps lengthen the telomere ends

84
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where is telomerase present?

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in germ line cells that form eggs andsperm

85
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what are scientists questioning about the relationship between life span and telomeres?

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if an organism’s life span is limited by the length of telomeres

86
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what is the downfall of adding telomerase to somatic cells?

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increases risk of cancer

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