Massive mitochondrial gene transfer in a parasitic flowering plant clade.

Recent studies have suggested that plant genomes have undergone potentially rampant horizontal gene transfer (HGT), especially in the mitochondrial genome. Parasitic plants have provided the strongest evidence of HGT, which appears to be facilitated by the intimate physical association between the p...

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Main Authors: Zhenxiang Xi, Yuguo Wang, Robert K Bradley, M Sugumaran, Christopher J Marx, Joshua S Rest, Charles C Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3573108?pdf=render