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Suggested Mechanism for Increase in Size of the Genome

Nature New Biology volume 246, pages 205–206 (1973)Cite this article

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ONE of the problems of eukaryotic genetics is that higher organisms possess much more DNA in their genome than they are likely to need as genetic information. Although it is not yet clear what proportion of the DNA is in a form which could function as genetic information (omitting the short sequences in the very highly reiterated material), present evidence suggests that the greater part is available for such use1. Of this ‘genetic’ DNA, a considerable proportion, however, hybridises ts if it consisted of moderately repeated sequences2, although it is still not possible to be certain about this, due to the variation in hybridisation conditions and the limited resolving power of the hybridisation technique.

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MACLEAN, N. Suggested Mechanism for Increase in Size of the Genome. Nature New Biology 246, 205–206 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio246205a0

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