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Using the fluorescencein situ hybridization (FISH) technique, the presence of the vertebrate telomeric sequence (TTAGGG) n was found in the chromosomes of two marine polychaetes belonging to two separate orders: one errant,Platynereis dumerilii (family Nereidae), and the other sessile,Pomatoceros lamarckii (family Serpulidae). This sequence was exclusively present at the ends of the chromosomes in both species.
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Jha, A.N., Dominquez, I., Balajee, A.S. et al. Localization of a vertebrate telomeric sequence in the chromosomes of two marine worms (phylum Annelida: class polychaeta). Chromosome Res 3, 507–508 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713966
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