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Q. Satellite DNA is important because it :

AIPMTAIPMT 2015Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Satellite DNA forms the minor peak after centrifugation of DNA. These are repetitive DNA sequences that do not code for any protein. They show high degree of polymorphism and heritable from parents to children, this form the basis of DNA fingerprinting.