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A telomere maintenance process that results in the formation of a telomeric circle, or t-circle. A t-circle is an extrachromosomal duplex or single-stranded circular DNA molecule composed of t-arrays. T-circles are involved in the control of telomere length via alternative-lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway and telomere rapid deletion (TRD). [GOC:BHF, GOC:BHF_telomere, GOC:nc, PMID:19214183, PMID:19581589, PMID:19809492, PMID:19858100]
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