title: Nucleotide sequences of highly repetitive DNA from scleractinian corals.
abstract: The staghorn coral genome contains 5% of a satellite DNA, consisting of 80 to 300 x 10(3) copies of a 118-bp repeat unit per haploid Acropora genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000235:genetics*; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000032:analysis*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite