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Base Sequence and Evolution of Guinea-pig α-Satellite DNA

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Primary structural analysis reveals that the basic repeating sequence in satellite DNA may be much shorter than reassociation studies have indicated.

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SOUTHERN, E. Base Sequence and Evolution of Guinea-pig α-Satellite DNA. Nature 227, 794–798 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227794a0

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