Matter dominates antimatter, at least in our corner of the Universe. Part of the explanation could be an imbalance between the two at the level of fundamental interactions, encapsulated in the phenomenon of CP violation.
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Ellis, J. Antimatter matters. Nature 424, 631–634 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424631a
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