Answer :
c) would have shorten chromosomes earlier than normal cells.
Telomerase is an enzyme that adds telomere/cap cells to the ed of chromosome, they help in maintaining the length of telomere.
They help in replication of DNA.
Telomerase is active only in germ cells.
They make DNA using RNA template, the role of telomerase is to extend the overhanging strand of telomere DNA using the RNA.
After that similar DNA is made by replication machinery, produces double stranded DNA.
when the telomerase is nonfunctional, it leads to shortening of chromosome upon division
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