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📅 NSB 2015🎓 HS🔄 Round 6#️⃣ Q16🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

In 1961, it was demonstrated that fibroblast cells can only divide about 50 times in culture, at which point the cell cycle halts before DNA replication. The reason for this limit on cell division, also called the Hayflick limit, is due to the loss of what chromosomal caps?

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