Origin of Satellite DNA

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1971 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 229, pages 306-308 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: P M, Walker;

doi: 10.1038/229306a0

pmid: 4925781

Origin of Satellite DNA

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Abstract

The mystery of how satellite DNA came to be so widespread in plants and animals could be solved if this DNA conferred an advantage on the chromosome which carried it. This advantage might be an improved ability to stand up to the rigours of meiosis.

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University of Edinburgh
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Keywords

Meiosis, Genetic Code, Heterochromatin, Centrifugation, Density Gradient, Animals, Drosophila, DNA, Biological Evolution, Chromosomes

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