Gene transfer: anything goes in plant mitochondria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Parasitic plants and their hosts have proven remarkably adept at exchanging fragments of mitochondrial DNA. Two recent studies provide important mechanistic insights into the pattern, process and consequences of horizontal gene transfer, demonstrating that genes...

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Main Authors: Richards Thomas A, Archibald John M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/147