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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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WALKER, P. Origin of Satellite DNA. Nature 229, 306–308 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229306a0
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