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/2002/3/10/reviews/0007.1 Review AreDrosophila telomeres an exception or the rule? Edward J Louis Address: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. E-mail: ejl12@le.ac.uk Published: 27 September 2002 GenomeBiology 2002, 3(10):reviews0007.1–0007.6 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at /2002/3/10/reviews/0007 ? BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1465-6906; Online ISSN 1465-6914) Abstract At the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes are telomeres, specialized structures with unusual properties. The repetitive