Explain the proposed model of telomere attrition in a b and

Explain the proposed model of telomere attrition in a, b, and c.

60 700 80 90 100 Age (Year) Figure 1: Concept for Telomere length trends according to age a0 Expected attrition rate b) slower attrition rate c) expected attrition rate at higher starting point

Solution

Line A: in the above stated model line a shows expected attrition rate i.e average telomere length changes as per age. and line a shows the justification of telomere.

LINE B: states that slower attrition rate which will be helpful to the human. the lesser the attration the good the health is and the lesser risk to tumors and cancer.

line c: the presence of the telomerase may cause the decrease in length of telomere which is an indication of ill health, like tumors etc.

telemerase is the main cause for the lenthening of telemer. this is present in the stem cells cancer cells and other cells which replicate very fast. so telemerase is treated as the potential target to cancer cells during cacer treatment.