Question #60229
Definition of cryptic satellite DNA: A satellite DNA sequence that cannot be separated from the main-band DNA by density gradient ultracentrifugation.
What's the meaning of main-band DNA.?
What's the meaning of main-band DNA.?
Expert's answer
Main-band DNA is the DNA sequences, which do not contain the satellite DNA or other repeated sequences. It is the empirical name, which was given to bands on electrophoregram, which were represented by non-satellite fragments.
