While Doing Fieldwork, You Discover Two New Closely Related Species

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While doing fieldwork, you discover two new closely related species of oysters. You measure the DNA content per cell of each species and find that the second species has significantly more DNA than the first species. DNA hybridization analysis of both species yields the following results. Based on the graphs shown, suggest an explanation for the difference in C-value between the species.

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