Assertion: telomere | /r/HasProperty | short
Facets:
value: critically
type: DEGREE
value: on purpose
type: CAUSE
value: as a clock
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: One basis for this idea was the finding that Dolly's telomeres were short, which is typically a result of the aging process.
text: As the fetal membrane cells proliferate during remodelling, the telomeres (short length or non-coding DNA on the end of chromosomes that protect essential coding DNA from degradation during replication) shorten as chromosomes can not be copied end-to-end fully.
text: Telomeres are short on purpose, as a clock that regulates lifespan.
text: Interestingly, this pathway might provide the source of DNA for telomere extension even if sister or other telomeres are not available for invasion or are critically short.
text: The telomeres in Dolly's cells were short even while she was a lamb, and she aged much more quickly than her non-cloned peers.