GenomicsBiology LettersPeer-reviewed
An eutherian intronic sequence gave rise to a major satellite DNA in Platyrrhini
Mirela Pelizaro Valeri, Guilherme Borges Dias, Valéria do Socorro Pereira…·Marta Svartman
The paper identifies an intronic sequence in the NOS1AP gene as the origin of the CapA satDNA in Platyrrhini primates, showing how a single-copy sequence can evolve into a highly repeated satellite DNA.