In vertebrates, stabilization of cohesins requires the cohesin-associated factor sororin.

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Drosophila telomeres are an exception, consisting of terminal arrays of retrotransposons.

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Telomeres cluster on the nuclear envelope just prior to homologous chromosome synapsis during meiosis.

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Telomeric clustering on nuclear envelope called as the “bouquet” stage of meiosis, and represents a once-in-a-lifecycle configuration.

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The meiotic telomere cluster is visualized by telomere fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Microscopic image of a maize nucleus fixed at meiotic prophase (zygotene stage), subjected to telomere (green) and centromere (white) FISH, and counterstained for total DNA with DAPI (red).

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“Quartets” of G residues is characteristic of Telomere

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Short repeating sequence from the human telomere forms three stacked G quartets.